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Survey of Large Publishers: 30 Percent of Our Website Visits Come From Facebook
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A massive new report from the International News Media Association.
7 Surprising Facts About Open Rates For Push Notifications
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The Inevitable Burst of the Video Bubble
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From MetricShift
How to Get Hands-On Experience with the Google Analytics Demo Account by Alexandra Kanik
How Documentary Filmmakers Plan Ahead for Impact by Patricia Aufderheide
How We Measured Impact for a Solutions Journalism Story on Poverty by Talia Stroud and Shannon McGregor
A Quantitative Basis for Measuring Media Impact at the Media Consortium by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser
Growing Community Engagement at the Los Angeles Times by Daniela Gerson
CIR’s Impact Tracker: How to Use It and Why You Need It by Lindsay Green-Barber
Special Series: Measuring Impact by Jason Alcorn
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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.