How Metrics Became an Essential Part of ONA17
Jason Alcorn / MediaShift
It was all about product metrics at the Online News Association conference this year.
Better News’ Resources for Newsroom Analytics
American Press Institute
This new guide for news innovators has an entire segment on analytics.
How The Verge Used Facebook Video to Grow Circuit Breaker
Max Willens / Digiday
A playbook for new verticals.
ICFJ Global Newsroom Survey: Analytics
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab
19 percent of newsrooms rarely or never consult analytics data.
How AI Will Change Strategy: A Thought Experiment
Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb / Harvard Business Review
A futurist column on what data and AI can accomplish.
A Chartbeat Evolution
John Saroff / Chartbeat
Chartbeat will be adding automated insight reports, and gets an updated logo.
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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.
