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How Long Should Your Online Paragraphs Be?

PRSay

As Jon Ziomek, associate professor at the Medill School of Journalism, says: “Long paragraphs are a visual predictor that a story won’t work.”. What’s surprising about this study is how the Poynter Institute — the think tank of how we write in print and online — defines an short online paragraph: Short paragraphs: 1 or 2 sentences long.

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Press Release Newswire Services – Worth The Cost?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

For a fee, any organization can upload their press release to a newswire service that distributes it directly to news organizations, much like the original news agencies like Associated Press fed reports to newspapers in the early days of electronic journalism. Keep a check on their pricing as they’re expensive.

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Beyond the Press: Navigating the Diverse Landscape of News Channels and Platforms

The Proactive Report

The online space has become a host for the digital homes of both legacy news outlets and new, “born on the web” news outlets. These platforms encompass everything from industry-specific newsletters to independent journalism collectives, providing in-depth coverage of topics often overlooked by larger publications.

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How Communicators Can Help Their Clients Navigate Misinformation and Biased News

PRSay

There are thousands upon thousands of web, print, audio and video outlets, and as we’ve all become acutely aware, many of these publishers spread misinformation and extremely polarizing political content. Because of this, there is an opportunity for you and your brands to take an active stance in supporting journalism.

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How Condé Nast Italia uses NewsWhip’s real-time data to spot trends and engage audiences

NewsWhip

Social media has become a huge part of digital journalism — something which Condé Nast’s Roberta Cianetti knows all too well. Condé Nast is a global media company that produces some of the world’s leading print, digital, video and social brands. Trend spotting in journalism. and the U.S., and the U.S.,

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Depressed and depressing: the state of UK news media

Stephen Waddington

News media in pain Newspaper brands continue to suffer as readers shift from print to digital. Popular newspaper brands have suffered double digit falls in print circulation with the Daily Star (-18%), Daily Mirror (-13%), and Daily Express (-12%) hardest hit. Facebook and Google account for almost 60% of the online advertising market.

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Pew Study Finds Americans Still Prefer Watching to Reading the News

PRSay

Overall, 34 percent of Americans now obtain their news from the web, marking a 6 percent increase from 2016. The survey reflected the country’s declining dependence on print media; only 7 percent of respondents, compared with 2016’s 11 percent, say they rely on newspapers to stay connected to current events.

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