MediaShift Podcast 238: Social media shows heroes of Harvey; Google and Facebook dominate apps
In the news this week, the tragedy of Hurricane Harvey caused untold damage and pain, but thanks to social media we also saw a great number of heroes, including journalists on the ground. Google and Facebook dominate in another area online: apps, but German publishers are teaming up to take on the duopoly. And with so many publishers rushing to make the pivot to video, is it a smart move or just a short-term gain that will alienate audiences? Our Metric of the Week is the Twitter Ratio, and I’ll go one-on-one with Molly de Aguiar, managing director of the News Integrity Initiative to find out who has the inside track on the millions in grants they’ll be giving out.
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