Five keys to your mobile strategy
Every mobile strategy should address at least these five issues: personalization, search, social, design and speed.
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Subscribe to Updates More than 8 out of 10 Americans get at least some of their news through their mobile devices. That includes news through aggregator apps, social media and directly from news sites. Understanding the issues opportunities in a world where so many people access news through their phones will ensure your organization is able to serve and respond to the changing news landscape.Big Picture A primer on mobile
It’s not enough for news sites to be “mobile compatible” or “mobile friendly.” They must be mobile oriented.
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Plan Strategic considerations around mobile
Understand mobile site approaches: dedicated, responsive, adaptive
The structure and design of your site can have a dramatic effect on its performance. This article outlines the pros and cons of various implementations, with particular attention paid to the responsive approach.
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Your mobile approach can help deepen engagement with audiences
As more people move to mobile, they are increasingly doing so on multiple devices and are remaining more engaged with the news throughout the day than ever before.
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10 questions for your mobile strategy
A guide to help you think through developing your mobile strategic plan.
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Creating your mobile-first strategy
Why and how news organizations should develop mobile-first strategies.
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Do Tactics to improve your mobile products and mobile storytelling
How the Tampa Bay Times turned to texting to engage readers
With 70% of readers coming to the Tampa Bay Times through mobile, text messaging seemed like an ideal way to deliver election news.
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Making data visualizations and interactives work well on mobile
Mobile devices are often an afterthought when it comes to storytelling, because journalists are working on large screens and not testing their work on phones. Here are some useful tips for publishing effective visual stories on mobile devices.
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How one site focuses on mobile first
Being “mobile first” means putting a premium on serving the phone and tablet user fast-loading pages and content appropriate for the form and use case. It also means embracing new technologies, just as users do, as opportunities to extend the storytelling form.
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12 tips for mobile success
These dozen tips for making your mobile site better include focusing on speed, usability and testing across devices.
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Pros and cons of Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)
Google’s AMP framework helps mobile sites load super fast. Sounds good, but accepting AMP also means accepting limitations on your site’s styles, functionality, and possibly revenue and analytics.
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Your phone as multimedia toolkit: five keys to remember
Five practical tips to remember when using your phone to shoot photos and video or to record audio.
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Lessons learned from a mobile-first newsroom
Arizona State University’s Cronkite News has transformed itself into a mobile-first multi-platform newsroom. They learned a few things in the process: Put a few people in charge of mobile; learn from your analytics; keep innovating.
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Getting started in mobile journalism
Mobile journalists have powerful tools in their pockets, but that doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed to capture high-quality content. These tips, tricks, and suggestions (including accessories and apps) will help ensure your shots, clips and recordings are top-notch.
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How focusing on the mobile site makes everything you do better
Design your site for the mobile experience first to clearly identify priorities and focus, which can then extend and be expressed on other platforms, such as the desktop site.
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