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Wikipedia edit-a-thon: Community archiving with Gather and Women Do News

Gracie McKenzie | December 2024

Wikipedia, maintained by volunteers, offers Gather members a chance to contribute despite complex guidelines. In a Lightning Chat, Molly Stark Dean and Gracie McKenzie guide editing practices to enhance representation for news organizations as AI increasingly uses Wikipedia content.

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Think Before You Post: How to build trust — and avoid parachuting — in online communities

Amanda Siberling, Beatrice Forman, Elie Levine, Morgan Sung, Vaughn Johnson | June 2024

Our panel of digital culture experts explains what extractive reporting looks like in online spaces, how to avoid it, and how you can leverage relationships with moderators and creators to authentically tell stories.

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Beyond the Feed: Exploring Alternative Digital Platforms for Audience Engagement

Adriana Lacy, Hanaa' Tameez, Nicolas Rios, Sam Hoisington | May 2024

with their audiences. This panel discussion, “Beyond the Feed,” dives into the innovative use of alternative platforms such as newsletters, WeChat, WhatsApp, and more.

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Engaging Audiences, Battling Misinformation: The Social Media Dilemma for News Outlets

Adriana Lacy, Jake Wasserman, Madeline Faber, Sara Aniano | December 2023

In this Lightning Chat, we discussed the challenges posed to journalists by the platforms and strategies for how newsrooms can think differently about serving their audiences online.

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Navigating the changing landscape of social media and news

Adriana Lacy, Alyxaundria Sanford, Beth O'Malley | October 2023

With the changing landscape of social media and the new emergence of platforms, news organizations are trying to figure out what works best for them and where to invest their resources.

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How La Nación Got Argentines Stranded Abroad Back Home During the Pandemic

LA NACION, Monica Salazar | April 2021

La Nacion launched Stranded Abroad collecting information and sharing stories from those trapped in foreign countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Strategies for Facebook Groups

GateHouse Media, Hannah Wise, Lauren Katz, Penny Riordan, The Dallas Morning News, Vox | June 2019

As a news organization, when should you consider creating a Facebook group, and what could the focus of the group be? Once you have one, how do you recruit and admit members? How (and how much) should you moderate conversation? And how will you measure the success of your efforts? Join Lauren Katz of Vox, Penny Riordan of GateHouse Media, and Hannah Wise of Dallas Morning News to find out.

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Finding Your Social Media Voice

Brandon Echter, Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press, Science Friday | June 2019

How can you find the right voice or tone to use on your organization’s social media accounts? How can you show personality but also be appropriate when discussing different types of content? And how can you keep your voice consistent when multiple team members are posting and responding? Join Brandon Echter from Science Friday and Brian Manzullo from the Detroit Free Press to find out. 

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How Feeding the Future Used Engagement Journalism to Tackle Climate Change and Agriculture

Payton Bruni | November 2018

In order to take a different route in covering climate change and agriculture, MPR News, the news service of Minnesota Public Radio, launched Feeding the Future, an engagement journalism project set on informing its audience members and identifying solutions to a rapidly changing climate.

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Building Trust on Facebook

Joy Mayer | November 2018

How can journalists stand out in a minefield of misinformation? See what 14 newsrooms learned when they used their social platforms to experiment with trust-building strategies. We’ll show you what they tried, what worked for different kinds of newsrooms and what totally fell flat.

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#solveMIAtransit

The New Tropic | September 2018

In preparation for a county commissioners meeting on Miami’s transit issues, The New Tropic asked its readers to share solution ideas using the Twitter hashtag #solveMIAtransit. The New Tropic then curated those tweets in a Storify gallery on its site, allowing visitors to see what other people were saying and to join the conversation on Twitter. It also hosted a happy-hour event to discuss transit issues, published opinion pieces by community members, and used the #solveMIAtransit hashtag to point readers to related conversations and additional information.

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Democracy Dies in Dankness

The Washington Post | September 2018

“Democracy Dies in Dankness.” That’s the tagline of the Washington Post‘s official Reddit profile. The tagline mirrors the Post’s informal, even irreverant, approach on Reddit. Managed by social media editor and long-time Reddit user Gene Park, the Post’s Reddit profile participates on the platform just like any other Reddit user, engaging in humorous banter, posting memes, and playing it straight with other users. This approach has helped the Post build meaningful relationships with Reddit users, who have jumped at opportunities to ask questions during Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions with reporters and learn about the Post’s reporting process.

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