Social Journalism 101

Understanding the new roles for journalists in newsrooms — particularly around engaging and growing audiences

Day in the Life of a Growth Editor: Vocativ’s Kat Lapelosa and Ryan Beckler

Day in the Life of a Growth Editor: Vocativ’s Kat Lapelosa and Ryan Beckler

To learn more about a growth editor’s role in a newsroom, I followed around Vocativ’s two growth editors for a day.

Julia HaslangerNov 4, 2015

Best practices for newsrooms setting up social distribution partnerships

Newsrooms are discovering the benefits of working together to reach new audiences on social media.What is a social distribution partnership? ¶ Basically, it’s an agreement between two organizations to occasionally share/post each other’s content. ¶ Why would publishers do this? ¶ In an effort to bring new audiences to both publishers and to offer a different kind of content than each publisher can produce themselves. ¶ Is this a common thing? ¶ It’s becoming more common, especially in New York media circles.

Julia HaslangerNov 4, 2015

25 useful links from 2015 about audience engagement efforts in newsrooms

This year, I’m studying and serving a community of social media and engagement editors in newsrooms. I’ve been keeping a list of links that…I found especially insightful or useful in understanding the work these people are doing, or in understanding the people themselves. Inspired by James Robinson posting his audience and analytics reading list a few weeks ago, I decided to go ahead and share my list, too. Here it is, first grouped by topic, then in reverse chronological order (pick your preferred browsing method). ¶ By topic: ¶ #longreads that are worth it ¶ Putting the public into public media membership (by Melody Kramer on…

Julia HaslangerSep 23, 2015

What does a growth editor do?

What does a growth editor do?

Growth Editor. The first time I heard that title for someone in a newsroom, I might’ve giggled. It just sounds odd, like an editor who…

Julia HaslangerOct 14, 2015

Julia HaslangerDec 31, 20154 min read

My 10 most popular Medium articles of 2015

I spent most of 2015 in grad school, focused on learning about “social journalism” and sharing what I learned while doing journalism. Much of that reporting is published here on Medium, and I’ve been wowed at the popularity and shelf-life of some of that…

Julia HaslangerDec 16, 20159 min read

What I did in grad school: Social journalism for social journalists

I graduate on Friday after 11 months in CUNY’s new social journalism master’s program. It’s been an exciting year, and before I run off on my next adventure, I just wanted to recap all the fun I’ve had, a few of…

Julia HaslangerDec 16, 20154 min read

What I learned in grad school: Three tips for the news industry

A new graduate school program launched in 2015, focused on “social journalism,” and I was lucky enough to be a part of the inaugural class. I was already a news industry junkie before arriving, and this program just gave…

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