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    Building a news organization’s capacity for video

    Despite the differences among the many organizations producing digital video, a consensus appears to be forming around three organizational best practices. They include: Create clarity [...]

    February 5, 2015
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    Digital video strategy checklist for publishers

    Drawing from the best practices detailed in this Strategy Study, here is a checklist of factors to help you tell if your news organization is [...]

    February 5, 2015
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    The types of stories and comments that promote comment-section engagement

    Want more comments? Look at how you write articles on your site. Articles that describe why they matter to specific groups of people generate more [...]

    December 2, 2014
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    How to keep readers coming back for more: 10 good questions with Nir Eyal, author of Hooked

    Much of a news organization’s desire to grow audiences, and particularly subscribers, depends upon getting people to come back, over and over. But what is [...]

    November 5, 2014
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    The forces that shape audiences online: 9 good questions with James Webster

    The Fields of Dreams principle — “if you build it, they will come” — doesn’t apply to audience attention anymore. It’s not enough to just [...]

    October 7, 2014
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    The best ways for publishers to build credibility through transparency

    As so much in the world of news and information changes, the fundamental bond of trust between journalists and the communities they serve is one [...]

    September 24, 2014
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    Show the reporting and sources that support your work

    One important way to build trust in reporting is to show the audience the sources it relies upon. There are several ways to do this. [...]

    September 24, 2014
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    Engage in transparent collaboration with the audience

    Journalist Dan Gillmor likes to say, “my readers know more than I do.” Implicit in Gillmor’s axiom is a reminder that journalists shouldn’t think of people [...]

    September 24, 2014
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    Practice ethical curation and attribution

    One of the oldest and most hallowed forms of transparency in journalism is attribution. You link what was said to the person who said it. [...]

    September 24, 2014
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    Offer disclosures and statements of values

    When an earthquake struck Los Angeles in March 2014, the Los Angeles Times was able to quickly publish an article that contained basic data about [...]

    September 24, 2014
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