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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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How NBC Left Field’s Tag Project Engaged With Audience Members to Tell Their Stories

Payton Bruni | May 2018

NBC Left Field is a short documentary unit established by NBC News in 2017. The project team set out to create a number of new series geared towards social media platforms and bridge the gap between audiences and journalists. One of these series, Tag, strives to engage with its viewers and create loyal followers by crowdsourcing their video topics. 

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How University of Oregon Students Used Engagement Techniques to Meet Community Information Needs

Emily Poole | May 2018

University of Oregon’s Sustainable Cities Initiative (SCI) launched their Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP) in La Pine, Oregon and partnered with other departments across campus including the SOJC’s engaged journalism class. They developed an engagement strategy to support the information health of La Pine.

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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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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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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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How Civil Beat’s Civil Café Facilitates Community Dialogue and Discussion Through Public Meetups

Danny Peterson | April 2018

Civil Beat’s Civil Café series convenes influencers and knowledge experts to debate and discuss important Hawaii issues in front of an active and engaged audience. Most discussions are moderated by a Civil Beat editor or reporter, and cover timely and topical issues complementary to Civil Beat reporting like climate change, legislative issues, and economic welfare.

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