by John Einar Sandvand on October 15, 2011 · 7 comments
Norway’s largest newspaper Aftenposten published nude pictures of the national hero Fridtjof Nansen. That was too much for Facebook – and references to the photos were removed from Aftenposten’s Facebook page.
by John Einar Sandvand on September 24, 2011 · 4 comments
In 2011 it is no longer possible to be a top professional journalist without mastering social media. Here are five reasons why news organizations need to care about the new trends.
Here are five don’ts and five dos for how media companies should use social media, as suggested by Media Helping Media.
by John Einar Sandvand on February 27, 2011 · 11 comments
So you got stuck, working for the printed newspaper all these years? And now you realize your future is with digital media? Here is your digital makeover plan!
by John Einar Sandvand on February 5, 2011 · 4 comments
I gave a speech for 70 managers in Media Norway. But the audience turned out to be more 4500. Here is how!
by John Einar Sandvand on December 10, 2010 · 5 comments
It was time to cut the crap: The Spanish news site 20minutos.es decided to make a sincere effort to increase the quality of readers’ contributions. Here is how.
After all the hype and all the disappointment, a Reuters study digs deeper into the effect of social media on the 2010 campaign
by John Einar Sandvand on January 25, 2010 · 3 comments
Global web users spent on average five and a half hours on social network sites in December. That is an increase in time spent of 82 per cent in one year, according to the latest number from Nielsen.
by John Einar Sandvand on January 15, 2010 · 0 comments
I came across this nice and interesting slideshow by Dan Calladine pointing out some of the ongoing trends in media consumption. It is worth flipping through.
by John Einar Sandvand on November 17, 2009 · 4 comments
Many media houses have spent a lot of time regulating how journalists can behave in Twitter and other social media. I think it is quite simple: Basically you only need three rules!
How the internet really affected the election
by The Guardian on July 12, 2010 · 1 comment
After all the hype and all the disappointment, a Reuters study digs deeper into the effect of social media on the 2010 campaign
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