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You might have heard: While Snapchat doesn’t offer any specific metrics on traffic to Discover, some publishers said earlier in 2015 that their Discover traffic was dropping, but others see Discover as an effective way to reach Millennials
But did you know: To boost traffic to Discover, Snapchat will let users subscribe to publishers’ channels (Re/code)
Snapchat is telling Discover publishers that it will soon let users subscriber to their favorite Discover channels, Kurt Wagner and Peter Kafka report. Snapchat Discover channels are currently separated from other content from a user’s friend on the app, requiring users to seek out Discover content. Subscribing to a channel would ensure that a publisher’s Discover channel appears on the story page with Snapchat content from a user’s friends, and the feature could be rolled out by May.
+ Noted: CNN will roll out its U.S.-based CNNMoney brand internationally, naming Richard Quest editor-at-large of the global expansion (Guardian); The New York Times is partnering with This American Life for an investigative report on a college student who was shot by security guards while seeking treatment for a psychotic episode (Nieman Lab); Since CNN’s Great Big Story launched in October, it has received 160 million video views across platforms, with its app averaging more than five minutes in time spent per user per week (Digiday)
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How hyperlocal news outlets are taking shape across the US
A conventional impression of a hyperlocal news source is one person working tirelessly to solicit community involvement and fill a website. But new research from University of Arizona assistant professor Monica Chadha shows that hyperlocals come in many different forms, with some working in many of the same ways as traditional journalists. Natalie Jomini Stroud breaks down the findings as part of our regular Research Review series.
How collaborating with scientists could help investigative reporting (Columbia Journalism Review)
At The Chicago Tribune, investigative reporters are collaborating with scientists to cover in-depth scientific and medical stories, a model that the Tribune’s Sam Roe writes could be replicated elsewhere. Instead of covering what the scientists were doing, the Tribune brought them into the reporting process, making the story an “important part of the scientific effort.” Roe writes: “There is already ‘solutions journalism,’ in which reporters write detailed explanatory pieces about social problems and how to fix them. Could we take this one step further? Could we collaborate with experts to find answers, make discoveries and invent new things?”
The Guardian may start publishing some stories only members can access, but don’t call it a ‘paywall’ (PressGazette)
As The Guardian tries to cut its budget by 20 percent, chief executive David Pemrod says The Guardian may soon publish “some journalism which only our members can access.” But Pemrod insists that it’s not a paywall. Pemrod says: “A paywall is a very different route … Putting one up now would diminish our reach and influence around the world, which is the opposite of what we’re trying to do. Our newly imagined membership offering is about offering readers a little bit more of what they like with the day’s core news staying absolutely free.”
+ What to expect when The Independent goes digital-only at the end of March: More anti-ad blocking initiatives, diversifying revenue with its in-house content studio, and hiring more editorial staff (Digiday)
How to build a company of people passionate about their work (Harvard Business Review)
To attract the best employees, Red Hat’s Jim Whitehurst says companies need an overarching goal that people will be passionate about. Whitehurst says Red Hat fosters employees’ passion in their work by letting them show their emotion and enthusiasm about their work and giving people the autonomy to do work that interests them.
Michael Wolff: Print is dead, but digital also isn’t proving to be the future of the news business (USA Today)
Print has obviously shrank significantly in the last decade, but Michael Wolff writes that there’s some signs that digital is dying as well: The price-per-view of a digital ad is dropping, more ad money is being spent on Google and Facebook, and ad blockers mean no one has to see a digital ad anyway. Wolff writes: “While neither consumers nor advertisers will pay enough for news to cover its costs in print form, they won’t cover the costs in digital either. Immediacy and efficiency and searchability and connectedness have not proved to be any more valuable than the slow delivery of yesterday’s news.”
How the San Antonio Express-News covered Scalia’s death (Poynter)
After getting a tip that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had died at a resort in West Texas, San Antonio Express-News editor Mike Leary and political editor Gary Martin say they knew they needed two sources to confirm the news. Poynter’s Ben Mullin writes: “In a week or so, nobody might remember that the Express-News broke the story. But everyone would remember if Scalia was still alive and the Express-News inaccurately reported word of his death.”
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