Lauren Hockenson

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Google, Native Ads and What It Means For Publications

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Earlier this week, Google solidified their take on so-called “native advertising,” one that they have been slowly crafting due to the rise of these advertisements in places like BuzzFeed and [...]

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Hilarious “Mayor vs. Bear” Tweets Go Viral

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A 250-pound bear climbs a tree in Connecticut, and the local mayor live tweets about it.  It sounds like a pretty standard day on Twitter, but this particular encounter was [...]

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Issuu Releases New Update, Becomes Community Magazine Library

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One of the most popular platforms for digital magazine distribution, Issuu, is finally getting a new look. With 70 million unique visitors each month via 11.5 million publications already in tow, the [...]

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10 Years Later, WordPress Remains on Top

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Ten years ago yesterday, one of the most important tools for digital publishing was willed into existence, one that has had an immeasurable impact on how we live our lives [...]

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Soo Meta is a Storify for Video

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As far as newsgathering tools go, Storify has radically changed how reporters navigate breaking news and information on social media. In just a matter of clicks, a writer can pull [...]

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Should Gawker Take Down Crack-Smoking Mayor With Public Money?

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In Toronto, citizens are wrestling with a difficult scenario: wily, unstable mayor Rob Ford is now implicated in a video that allegedly shows him smoking crack cocaine. But, the video [...]

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<em>Pitchfork</em> Gets Immersive with Daft Punk in New Feature

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Next week, the musical world will experience a huge event: eight years after their last album, master of dance music Daft Punk will drop their much-hyped album, Random Access Memories. Music [...]

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The Onion Gets Hacked, Shares Insights

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The pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army has had its fair share of huge hacking attempts. With propaganda messages spilling out from outlets like the Associated Press and The Guardian, hacks from the [...]

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Is Journalism Ready For the “Open Interview”?

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Would you ever let a subject put your interview on Youtube for everyone to see? That’s what Chad Witacre, the founder of online gift exchange program Gittip requests for each and [...]

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Disqus Gravity Tracks “Trending” Discussions on News

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Comments are a double-edged sword. On one hand, the online community that surrounds a publication is full of some of the most ardent and loyal readers — those who are [...]