When you come across a story about your town, city or state, what makes you want to share it?
Results of an NPR Digital Services study about what local stories are engaging, shareable and valuable to the community.
Attracting eyeballs online requires smarter strategy
“The interest graph is the next battle,”
Gary Vaynerchuk on the growth of sites such as Pinterest.
"We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely."
— E.O. Wilson
Some of what I read this week in social media etc
The New York Times, 1982: “Study Says Technology Could Transform Society”
A quick start guide to Twitter for ASNE members
Video: Jon Gibs talks about TV Getting Social
Infographic: Twitter Social TV Best Practices
Engaging Communities: Content and Conversation by Joy Mayer
1 Facebook fan is worth 20 visits to a company’s website, says report.
California Watch’s engagement efforts show staffers what hard-to-reach audiences want / Poynter
The Reemergence of Vivian Schiller/AJR
.@webjournalist’s free digital journalism toolbox: http://bit.ly/techandtools
A ‘tough love’ post on Facebook pages- work on engagement, not just numbers
What Big Media Can Learn From the New York Public Library - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
Claire Wardle’s Social Media Training Handouts
Just a sampling…and to keep these links handy…I have got to choose a bookmarker soon…
"Khanfar also emphasized the complementary, symbiotic relationship between new and traditional media"
— Al Jazeera Director General Wadah Khanfar Heralds ‘Birth Of New Era’ In Arab World
"Guys prefer photos with girls. Girls prefer photos with girls. Pretty much everyone prefers photos with girls."
— Pixable CEO Inaki Berenguer quoted in a Mashable article about Facebook photos. Facebook now has a larger photo collection than anywhere else on the web, according to the article.
