Can Australia’s Media Reform Help News Move Beyond Clicks?
Peter Fray / MetricShift
The government has been reluctant to support tax relief.
Apple’s Anti-Tracking Moves Rattle Digital Media
Ross Benes / Digiday
What new limits on ad tracking mean for publishers.
BuzzFeed’s Strategy For Getting Content To Do Well On All Platforms? Adaptation And A Lot Of A/B Testing
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab
Ever wonder what BuzzFeed measures? A engineer dished at MIT.
Facebook Sees Dip In News Referrals
Sara Fischer / Axios
Publishers are now getting more traffic from Google.
When and How to Use your Historical Data
Jill Nicholson / Chartbeat
How do you use historical data? Let me know on Twitter.
Publishers, Pick Your KPIs And Stick With Them
Frederic Filioux / Monday Note
There are four indicators. Pick yours and don’t vacillate.
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Upcoming Trainings and Events
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Instructor: Aric Toler, Analyst at Bellingcat
FREE! Design Thinking: Media Case Studies [October 3]
Instructor: Robb Montgomery
5 Tech Tools to Improve Your Reporting [October 11]
Instructor: Evan Wyloge of the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
How to Create a Community-Centered Newsroom [October 18]
Instructor: Andrew Losowsky of The Coral Project
Journalism School Hackathon: Sports + Health [October 20-22]
MediaShift and the University of North Texas
Hack the Gender Gap: A Women’s Hackathon on Diversifying AI [Nov. 9-11]
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Jason Alcorn (@jasonalcorn) is the Metrics Editor for MediaShift. In addition to his work with MediaShift, he works as a consultant with non-profits and newsrooms.
