Five on Friday: youth, quizzes and fact checking
Another week, another chance to catch up on a week in digital news and media.
Pop quiz, hotshot!
I remember a team at a Guardian hackday playing with something like this — great to see the idea in the wild. NRK are just testing the quiz on certain stories at the moment, but the principle of a cooling off period/small barrier to filter out the most angry contributions has long been supported among community managers.
The eye of the Tweetstorm
Nod to a lovely use of Twitter by @rcallimachi to give background to her reporting. Thanks @jemstone for bringing it to my attention this week.
Your cup of Tea?
Credit due to HuffPo for experimenting with new products aimed at Generation Z — The Tea newsletter will feature exclusive content. Will be interesting to see what they learn about email as a tool to reach this age bracket. HuffPo audience research suggests that one-to-one (albeit replicated many times over) communication like this will work.
Young American, young American
Essential reading — a new report from the Knight Foundation on how young Americans “navigate the news landscape”:
Inside the information war
If you’re interested in how online tools can be used to verify news and information shared via social media, this is a must read. Not only will it sharpen your own skills but it’s a great teaching guide. Thanks Henk van Ess for sharing your work.
I’m a freelance journalist and digital media consultant. You can look at my work on lauraoliverfreelance.com or chat to me on Twitter @lauraoliver.
