Tag: analytics
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Telling the story of metrics inside your news organization
I’m presenting this at a Poynter event called Measuring Journalism on Nov. 10, 2017. My slides are available here, but I needed some blogging exercise, too. I love it when the numbers jump off the screen In my dozen-plus years in the news business, whenever I’m asked — often in a job interview — what…
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Link: How to Use the “Network Density” Formula to Measure the Health of a Community
I’m a sucker for engagement formulas, especially when they help provide a means to quantitatively track something that sounds as fluffy and qualitative as “the health of a community.” Great ideas here for community managers and related parties: How to Use the “Network Density” Formula to Measure the Health of a Community
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Like analytics? Need a good laugh and/or cry?
Like analytics? Need a good laugh and/or cry? New and Better Metrics For Determining Digital Supremacy, by A Bajillion Hits. via @nicknotned, amusingly.
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Pixel Ping: A node.js Stats Tracker
A remarkably useful bit of open-sourced code from @propublica: a super lightweight tracker for, well, your content. Pixel Ping: A node.js Stats Tracker
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Toward meaningful metrics for local online news sites
In search of online news metrics that matter: “More meaningful metrics would translate visitor interest, disinterest and loyalty into numbers that can be viewed as a whole and within the context of particular site content types, classifications or products…” Toward meaningful metrics for local online news sites