Comments Are Changing. Our Commitment to Audiences Shouldn’t.
(Amanda Zamora / Poynter)
You liked the 10UP takeaways. Here’s another terrific talk from the Poynter event.
The Handy Guide to Setting Up Scroll Depth Tracking
(Clay Wyant / Distilled)
We love scroll depth here and just talked about it on the MediaShift podcast.
Facebook is Tracking ‘Trends,’ So We’re Tracking Facebook
(Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post)
A valuable daily experiment in how social networks filter our news.
How to Use Google Analytics Audience Data to Make Media and Marketing Decisions
(Andrew Ruegger / MarketingLand)
Audience insights hidden inside Google Analytics.
Google Analytics Can Now Summarize Your Data With Automated Insights
(Anthony Ha / TechCrunch)
And now it’s easier than ever with Analytics to discover important trends.
From MetricShift
Influencers and Community Help Boost Instagram Video Views by Gabrielle Boland
Why Journalists Can No Longer Ignore Snapchat by Tim Cigelske
How Media Metrics Training Works In The Real World by Kevin Davis
Survey Finds Newsrooms Are Monitoring Metrics, Not Acting on Them by Jason Alcorn
Using Search to Augment Analytics for News Websites by Rob Hammond
5 Strategies for Reporting Metrics in Your Newsroom by Tim Cigelske
Upcoming Trainings & Events
> How to Boost Traffic with LinkedIn [Sept. 7]
> Audience Engagement: What We Know and What We Don’t [Sept. 8]
> #MetricShift Chat: The Impact of Snapchat and Instagram Stories [Sept. 9]
> Snapchat & Instagram Stories for Journalists [Sept. 15]
> Using Twitter to Cover Live Events [Sept. 28]
> Collab/Space Chicago: The Business of VR [Sept. 30]
> 3rd Annual Journalism School Hackathon at University of Georgia [Oct. 21 to 23]
Jason Alcorn (@jasonalcorn) is the Metrics Editor for MediaShift. In addition to his work with MediaShift, he is an analyst with the Media Impact Project and works as a consultant with non-profits and newsrooms.