How the USA Today Network Is Measuring Impact in Its Newsrooms
Anjanette Delgado / MediaShift
Gannett wants to explore how to use impact in marketing the value of subscriptions.
13 Things I Learned From Six Years At The Guardian
Mary Hamilton / Medium
The viral post on audience from the former executive editor for it at The Guardian.
How The Los Angeles Times Used Hit Podcast ‘Dirty John’ To Drive Newsletter Sign-Ups
Max Willens / Digiday
21,000 new email subscribers joined Essential California.
Personalization Isn’t Just ‘Hi [Your Name]’ Anymore
Cara Hogan / Campaign Monitor
A look at how consumer brands leverage analytics for customer satisfaction.
Snapchat Dangles Referral Traffic With Link Sharing From Other Apps
Josh Constine / TechCrunch
An app update this week adds external link sharing, timely because of the next story…
Clarifying Recent News Feed Tests
Adam Mosseri / Facebook
You probably heard publishers may get cut out of the News Feed. Here’s Facebook’s response.
More From MetricShift
Stop Saying Pageviews Don’t Matter
Nicole Blanchett Neheli
5 Steps To Sharing Analytics Throughout The Newsroom
Liam Corcoran
WhereBy.Us Is Building Open-Source Analytics for Smaller Publishers
Rebekah Monson
How Metrics Became an Essential Part of ONA17
Jason Alcorn
Good News: People Read About What They Say They’re Interested In
Megan Radogna
Upcoming Trainings and Events
Introduction to After Effects [November 1]
Instructor: Filmmaker Kylos Brannon
How to Launch a Podcast [November 8]
Instructor: Megan Calcote of the Educating Geeks podcast
Hack the Gender Gap: A Women’s Hackathon on Diversifying AI [Nov. 9-11]
MediaShift and West Virginia University
5 Tech Tools to Improve Your Reporting [Jan. 10]
Instructor: Evan Wyloge of the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
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.
