The four editors on the panel could probably do each others’ presentations, joked Neil Chase, editor of the Mercury News and East Bay News in the San Francisco Bay area. That’s the result of spending a year together talking through their challenges. Four news organizations …
With the massive Hurricane Florence moving toward the East Coast — its cloud field four times the size of Ohio — a swath of the United States prepared for its worst storm in 25 years. More than 1 million people have been ordered evacuated. They included Sandra Lopez-Garcia, huddled in a high …
Editor's note: This story is taken from Ragan Communications' distance-learning portal Ragan Training. The site contains hundreds of hours of case studies, video presentations and interactive courses. There’s good news for all you wordsmiths—former journalists, ex-English majors and wannabe poets who got into the communication business …
Fake images and videos are the next targets of Facebook’s ongoing effort to fight misinformation. In a blog post, the company announced that it is giving all 27 of its global fact-checking partners the ability to debunk photos and videos on the platform. Once a piece …
| 8 hours ago It’s been a year since Hulu began streaming sports live. In that time, we’ve seen the Golden State Warriors win the NBA Championship and the Washington Capitals take home the Stanley Cup. Along the way, Hulu has collected data on what viewers are …
After a quiet summer, hurricane season seems to have awoken with a vengeance. Three hurricanes are churning in the Atlantic, and at least one seems likely to make a destructive landfall on the United States. At the same time, the Pacific is also oddly active. We know …
With three hurricanes currently swirling in the Atlantic and one of them headed for the east coast, it's time again to prepare for how to cover deadly and dangerous weather. Last hurricane season, we pulled together a page of resources on covering hurricanes. Now we've got …
Editor's note: Kate Myers and Emily Goligoski oversee and study journalism membership models, respectively. At ONA this week they’ll be presenting about membership structures with newsroom staff from for-profit, non-profit and professional society organizations. What follows is a story about a trend they’re seeing in for-profit news sites pitching exclusive …
The media list has been the holy grail in the PR business. It’s a shrine-worthy artifact that PR pros hold dear—and near—but as the industry modernizes, so must the media list. While a home base for media contacts is smart, it should no longer be the only …
If you’ve plugged your URL into Google’s PageSpeed Insights within the last month, you’ll have noticed that it looks a little different. Where you used to receive a simple optimization score, your scores are now divided by platform and split into two scores, “Page Speed” …
Image via Pixabay. The claims are serious. Misappropriation under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and the Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Stored Communications Act, and the Virginia Computer Crimes Act. Conversion and breach of fiduciary duty. All because …
Email use is just about saturated among Generations X and Y. There is one group, though, for whom it is growing: Generation Z, in the 13–21 age group. So little is known about them that they don’t yet have a clear stereotype. We do know that they …
