journalism
BreakingNews takes its first international leap into UK
This is one of those blog posts where I write about my own role at BreakingNews, so full disclosure up front. But since BreakingNews is now one of the largest (if not the largest) social teams in journalism, I hope you’ll find the occasional post about our exploits interesting: in this case, our first international expansion.
CNN launches a new, more social iReport
In August, CNN celebrated iReport’s 5th anniversary and announced a redesign of the site was in the works. The redesign is here with the goal to create the largest “social network for news,” according to Lila King, Participation Director at CNN who heads up iReport.
Both individual iReporters profile pages and group pages have gotten major updates, making them easier to navigate the different pieces of content (photos, videos, etc) that a user has contributed to an “assignment.”
Who really owns TV talent’s social media accounts?
I’ve been asked this question more times by TV execs in the last year than any other: who really owns a personality’s social media accounts? Beyond Facebook and Twitter themselves, it’s a big grey area, but now there’s a case in the courts that claims that a Twitter account is a company trade secret.
TV stations battle for Facebook reach in Milwaukee
Three TV stations in Milwaukee are not only battling it out in the November ratings, but also for Facebook likes. At last check, WISN has 28,605 likes, WTMJ has 43,660, but WITI comes out on top with a whopping 85,153, ranked #7 in our leaderboard of the most popular Facebook pages in local TV. Impressive for the nation’s 35th largest market.
BBC brings a human touch to its Twitter accounts
BBC News joins a growing list of news organizations that are shifting from automatically-updated Twitter feeds to human-powered tweets. “We want to be tweeting with value,” explains Chris Hamilton, BBC News’ social media editor. “Are we exposing our best content, and also tweeting intelligently?”
While @BBCBreaking has been human-powered for some time, the BBC is updating @BBCNews and (soon) @BBCWorld by hand instead of automatically tweeting out headlines as stories are posted, reports NiemanLab.
NBC’s Ann Curry challenges Brian Williams to tweet
NBC anchor Brian Williams has been on Twitter for over a year, but he has yet to send a tweet to his 55,000 or so followers. So this morning on the Today Show, Ann Curry asked him why he’s been silent. “Papa don’t tweet,” Williams replies. “I haven’t decided what to say.” To which Roker laughs, “YOU can’t decide what to say?”
Storify rolls out snazzy new social storytelling design
The social storytelling tool Storify — especially popular among journalists –debuted a big upgrade to its editor tools today, streamlining the process to build embeddable lists of social elements. Among the new features: more drag-and-drop editing, photo galleries for search results, larger embedded photos in stories and a new bookmarklet that makes it easy to grab social elements from around the web.
TV journalists you can subscribe to right now
Updated: Facebook’s Subscribe button is giving journalists a new way to connect with viewers. And while it’s still rather new, there’s a growing list of subscribe-worthy broadcast journalists. Here’s a quick round-up for your clicking pleasure… Network TV News… Erin Andrews – ESPN Ann Curry – NBC News Mark Glaser – PBS Miles Doran – [...]
ABC News inks partnership with Yahoo News
The top news site on the web, Yahoo News has teamed up with ABC News in a strategic online alliance that will make ABC the premiere news provider on the portal (promo video). The most visible element of the partnership is the launch of a new site, GoodMorningAmerica.com (which resolves to gma.yahoo.com), an online experience [...]
GetGlue goes local with TV station partnership
Atlanta’s WXIA is the first local TV station to work with the TV check-in service GetGlue. Viewers can now check into 11Alive newscasts via GetGlue’s mobile apps or 11Alive.com. “11Alive’s locally-produced newscasts are now included in the GetGlue database, allowing Atlantans to check in to local newscasts and earn stickers,” explains 11Alive’s Chris Sweigart. And [...]
CBS drops ‘What’s Trending’ after Steve Jobs tweet
Updated: CBSNews.com abruptly removed the weekly webcast “What’s Trending” from its website after the show sent an embarrassing tweet on Friday that mistakenly reported the death of Steve Jobs. As you might imagine, the tweet spread quickly despite a quick retraction. “Last Friday, a miscommunication in the newsroom resulted in a junior staffer at ‘What’s [...]
NBC News Twitter hack quickly quashed
On the 4th of July, hackers hit the @FoxNewsPolitics Twitter account with a fake story, and the tweets remained up for 9 painful hours. Today, @NBCNews was hit by the same hackers (“The Script Kiddies”) claiming a new attack at Ground Zero, and the tweets were gone in a matter of minutes. The NBC News [...]
Boston TV station #beatLA with Twitter challenge
Boston’s Fox 25 News (@fox25news) has used a friendly rivalry with its Los Angeles sister station to drive a new batch of Twitter followers. “A few months ago, we noticed we were close to being listed on Lost Remote’s list for Top Local TV Stations on Twitter. We were determined to get on there!” explains [...]
Inside NBC Philadelphia’s Foursquare efforts
A couple weeks ago, NBC 10 Philadelphia announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Foursquare where reporters check-in and post updates from news stories. Now, NBC 10 has posted a promotional video that goes behind the scenes with reporter Tim Furlong on a story. “I think when people watch local TV, they want to feel invested in [...]
Local TV is back and more social than ever
After a few years of tough times, many local TV stations are roaring back with higher margins and more newscasts. But have TV stations taken the economic turbulence to heart and embraced innovation in a new media world? “Our view was that local broadcasting had gone on autopilot,” said Dave Lougee, president of Gannett Broadcasting [...]
NBC Philadelphia checks into Foursquare partnership
The NBC-owned station in Philadelphia has teamed up with Foursquare to bring local news reporting to the check-in service. While NBC 10 is already posting traditional Foursquare tips — “Crab fries, good eats and lots of TV” at Chickie’s & Pete’s — it will now have reporters post news updates at different locations in the [...]
Newsroom mourns untimely death of clock
Not just any clock, but the clock, the one that hovered over WLOX’s newsroom in Biloxi, Miss. for decades. So what’s a newsroom to do when the clock stops ticking? Write a story about it, of course. “When Hurricane Katrina’s winds ripped off pieces of the WLOX Newsroom roof, and rain drenched the carpet, furnishings [...]
Want Facebook fans? Try roadkill and tasers
Besides big weather events, local TV sites often see big traffic spikes for bizarre stories and caught-on-tape clips. As you might imagine, the same popularity applies to Facebook. In Alexandria, Minnesota, KSAX posted this viewer photo of a mysterious animal, killed in the middle of a road. That was on August 1st, and since then, [...]
Optimizing posts in the Google Plus stream
(Editor note: Welcome Kim, Lost Remote’s new contributor!) As the grand-daddy of SEO, it seemed only fitting that Google would come up with some sort of tricky algorithm for populating Streams. But for now, they seem to have chosen the simplest possible method: listing posts in mostly chronological order (an improvement over the first week [...]
NBC News taps @InsideCongress for special
Updated: Talk about timing, Obama announced the debt crisis deal in between the East and West Coast airings of NBC’s Inside Congress special. Brian Williams and team quickly updated the show, which of course, was captured in a photo and RT’d on the @InsideCongress account. Earlier: Several months ago, NBC News scheduled a massive, one-day [...]
