Covering the Alaska earthquake, best practices
Days after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit south-central Alaska, hundreds of aftershocks continued to roll through the state. As officials worked to restore infrastructure in the community, Gray Television station KTUU worked to spread life-saving information by whatever means necessary. And as is the case in so many natural disasters, social media has emerged as … Continued
SND Dashboard defeats down December news cycle
Here it comes gang, December. The November book is over, granted vacation requests are thinning the newsroom pool, and people in markets everywhere just aren’t that into doing newsworthy things. You could play “newsroom bingo” with the number of bell-ringers, Santas, coat drives and toy drops coming out of the editing bays. And those are … Continued
Social News Desk is Hiring: Head of Innovation
HEAD OF INNOVATION Amazing team, work from home, opportunity to influence The ultimate opportunity for a digital-news junkie with extensive paid-social campaign experience who excels at researching and developing new technologies. You’ll work-from-home but still be part of a dynamic company culture with great benefits! THE COMPANY: Social News Desk was founded in 2010 by … Continued
#FixItFriday – Bug Update
We’ve been hard at work here at #teamSND. Please see below for a list of recent fixes. You can report any bugs or issues you are experiencing at support@socialnewsdesk.com. Bug Fix: Fixed a bug related to the post tagging container rendering some accounts unclickable Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where some scheduled shares were sharing pages, not … Continued
Still Haven’t Completed FB Domain Verification? Read This. (Please)
One of many steps Facebook has taken to combat the spread of “fake news” on its platform is to require Domain Verification for access to a subset of publisher-friendly capabilities. Going through the process essentially proves to Facebook that you’re a legitimate publisher. And although this has been in the works since the summer of … Continued
Tips for Using Instagram as a Source
#TeamSND just returned from a great week at the Online News Association conference in Austin, TX. Did you miss it? Not to worry – we took notes on all the sessions we attended including one on how to use Instagram as a source… Lead by the news team at Instagram, this session focused on how … Continued