This week we find out how analytics tools might better inform newsrooms in the future, and we see how journalists can take advantage of YouTube’s annotations and live-streaming features.
PART 1: Analytics in the future
As methods for tracking audience behavior continue to evolve, we get a glimpse of the future from Parse.ly Chief Executive Officer Sachin Kamdar and Chartbeat Chief Data Scientist Joshua Schwartz.
Reporting by Daniel Shapiro, Reuben Stern and Rachel Wise.
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In this extended Futures Lab Q&A, Parse.ly’s Sachin Kamdar explains how publishers can best select which metrics to track. He also explains how analytics tools might help newsrooms identify things to cover.
PART 2: Doing more with YouTube
Many publishers simply use YouTube as a place to post video, but the site also offers tools for delivering news that is immediate and interactive. We explain how publishers can make use of two features: live-streaming and annotations.
Reporting by Adam Pressler and Daniel Shapiro.
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- YouTube Creator Academy Help Page for live-streaming
- Youtube Creator Academy Help Page for using annotations
Reuben Stern is the deputy director of the Futures Lab at the Reynolds Journalism Institute and host and co-producer of the weekly Futures Lab video update.
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