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The year in pictures: Keeping with tradition, the New York Times has collected the best photojournalism from the past year, so you can look back (in high quality and stunning detail) at all of the major moments from 2015. Don’t let your Facebook friends fool you: We’re all journo-nerds here, so it should go without […]
Between now and May 31 you can (and really should) apply for any (or all) of the SNO Distinguished Sites badges representing six key components of a modern news website: Continuous Coverage Site Excellence Story Page Excellence Excellence in Writing Multimedia Audience Engagement Not a contest with winners or losers, the SNO Distinguished Sites program […]
Last spring, Gravity Forms (the developer of our very excellent Form Builder add-on) came out with an important update to patch a security flaw in the plugin. We sent out a note at that time to encourage our customers to update their plugins immediately — in general, the more diligent you are about running your […]
Spreading the love with a hashtag: Advisers, we know you love your jobs. We’re aware how rewarding and exciting your day-to-day operations in student media and journalism can be. We also know that sometimes it helps to be reminded why you’ve landed the best job ever– and Twitter is here to help you with that. […]
Social media sculpts our news: The coverage of the Paris attacks, when compared with the coverage of the bombing in Beirut, was largely disproportionate– when it came to Paris, the response time was faster, the information was widespread, and links were shared consistently and quickly, while Beirut went largely unnoticed. Why? Social media. This investigation […]
What to do when you’re both excited and question something: The exclamation point and question mark merged together to form one of the most unique methods of punctuation– but where did it come from? Here’s the very brief history of the interrobang that you never knew you wanted. The importance of service journalism: Dow Jones […]
Instagram is the new blog: Instagram is quickly becoming more than just a way to share well-cropped, filtered photos of your cat being adorable; Insta-blogging has made an impact among celebrities, journalists, artists, and creative writers alike. While each Instagram “caption” is limited to 2,200 characters, it creates a unique platform for micro-blogging, accompanied with […]
Getting griddy with it: possibilities for the new grid template Ever wanted to try a “Humans of New York”-style feature on your site, using multiple photographs and short anecdotes or interviews for each? You’re not alone! We’ve gotten zillions of questions about the best way to design these stories, and after scratching our heads for […]
Teens and their tech: Teenagers get a pretty bad rap for spending “too much” time on their phones. We may have some preconceived notions of how they are spending their time on their mobile devices– and a lot of the time, we assume it’s time wasted. This article busts five common myths about how teens […]