Telling Weather and Sports Stories with Instagram Video
Instagram Video publishing is brand new to SND Dashboard, and news outlets are already using video to keep their audience informed (and entertained). If you’re still looking for ways to take your video storytelling to Instagram, here are some great ideas we’ve seen lately from our friends in weather labs and sports departments nationwide. It’s … Continued
IT’S HERE: Post & Schedule Instagram Videos with @SocialNewsDesk
You wanted it. We built it. And now you can have it: posting and scheduling Instagram VIDEOS right from your Social News Desk Dashboard! We’re excited to be one of the first software tools to offer this feature. Just like posting video to Facebook and Twitter, the entire workflow happens right in your Dashboard. (We … Continued
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 where some links were disappearing from post text in split posts. Bug Fix: Fixed a bug related to some fan counts … Continued
COMING SOON: Instagram Video in Social News Desk
Instagram has just announced NEW support for video publishing in its API! We know you’re just as excited as we are – this has been one of the biggest feature requests you’ve had, and we’re hard at work making it happen inside SND Dashboard. Local news brands are already using Instagram Video posts to share … Continued
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