When you're on deadline and you need an expert on a particular subject, where do you turn? Google is great, but it's massive. Type in "stock market expert" and you'll get 34 million results in seconds, with the top links offering advice on how you can …
My hometown newspaper, The Washington Post, has been rocketing up the comScore rankings of top digital media companies. Last August, it wasn't even in the top 50. Two months later, the Post ranked 36th, beating the New York Times (37th) for the first time ever. How much of that improvement is …
How do you locate sources and original content during a breaking news event? Every newsroom turns to social media, but some are more efficient than others at finding what they're looking for. In these newsrooms, lots of journalists know how to search for information quickly by …
Have you ever had more to say about a story than you could fit in? Of course, you have. Even on the “bottomless” Web, reporters have to leave things out. But what if you could make additional information or background easily available to readers and …
Looking back at the year gone by always gives me some insight into what's most important to you, NewsLab's readers, and you never let me down. You care deeply about doing good work and about the future of the news business. No surprise, then, that …
For journalists, there’s no getting away from social media. Just about every newsroom expects reporters to be on Twitter and Facebook, at a minimum. But how are they using these platforms? Most reporters tell me they post breaking news and links to their stories on a regular …
Having trouble coming up with story ideas? There's an app for that: a new service designed to help newsrooms find "stories hidden in plain sight." According to a review on Poynter.org, 20 news organizations are piloting Hearken, developed by a former Chicago public radio reporter. Hearken combines a variety of …
As a baseball fan, I'm saddened by the death of Yogi Berra. He was one of the greatest catchers of all time. Even if you didn't much like the Yankees or Mets (count me in that number), you had to appreciate Yogi's career as a player …
You knew it had to happen, right? A local TV news station has gone "100% iPhone." The station in question is based in Switzerland. Over the summer, Léman Bleu outfitted each of its reporters with an iPhone 6 kit to shoot their stories and to use for live shots. News …
The murder of two TV journalists by a former reporter at their station has shocked us all. They were shot to death in the middle of a live report or the morning show at WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia. Viewers heard reporter Alison Parker scream. Photographer Adam Ward managed …
It was an ego trip. That's the explanation Brian Williams offered in a Today Show interview the morning after NBC News officially demoted him from Nightly News anchor and allowed him to return to the network after a four-month suspension. "I told stories that were not true," …
You do it. I do it. We're all watching more video on small screens--on our mobile phones or tablets. Lots of it is stuff that shows up in our social networks. My Facebook feed is overrun by cat videos, and I know I'm not alone; …
