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The Demographics of Mobile News December 11, 2012 Men, College Grads and the Young are More Engaged In the growing realm of mobile news, men and the more highly educated emerge as more engaged news consumers, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, in collaboration with The Economist Group. These findings parallel, for the most part, demographic patterns of general news consumption. But there are some important areas of difference between mobile and general news habits-particularly among young people. While they are much lighter news consumers generally and have largely abandoned the print news product, young people get news on mobile devices to similar degrees as older users. And, when getting news through apps, young people say they prefer a print-like experience over one with high-tech or multi-media features. These are key findings of an analysis of mobile news habits across a variety of demographic groups. This report builds off an earlier PEJ and The Economist Group report, The Future of Mobile News, which found that half of U.S. adults now own mobile devices and a majority use them for news. Both reports are based on a survey of 9,513 U.S. adults conducted from June-August 2012 (including 4,638 mobile device owners). Men, especially young men, are heavier mobile news consumers than women. More than 40% of men get news daily on either their smartphone and/or tablet, compared with roughly 30% of women. On the tablet specifically, men check in for news more frequently and are more apt to read in-depth news articles and to watch news videos. Women, on the other hand, are more likely than men to use social networks as a way to get news.

Survey: Public prefers news from professional journalists eynolds Journalism Institute The public's trust in the institution of the press may be fading, and digital platforms have opened the publishing world to anyone with a desire to speak, but it seems professional journalists themselves are not seen as obsolete. More than 60 percent of U.S. adults say they "prefer news stories produced by professional journalists," and more than 70 percent agree that "professional journalists play an important role in our society," according to new survey data from the Reynolds Journalism Institute. Respondents also disagreed with a social-media-centric model (that most news should come through trusted friends) and disagreed that it doesn't matter who produces the news.

"NYT launches thrice-daily minute-long news videos avatar by Kristen Hare Published Nov. 20, 2013 9:37 am The New York Times At 6 a.m. Wednesday, The New York Times launched New York Minute, a one-minute video featuring three current news stories. The debut video spends about 32 seconds on Iranian nuclear talks with chief Washington correspondent David Sanger, about 10 seconds on the once-graffiti-covered 5 Pointz building, and about 15 seconds on the mating behavior of sea slugs, with science correspondent James Gorman. Turns out those sea slugs stab each other in the forehead during sex. The Times will release videos every day at 6 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. ET. "Video is a fast growing and important part of our news report," Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson said in a press release Wednesday. "The New York Times Minute series is a natural extension of our journalism that allows our viewers a quick and useful way to keep up with the news." In September, Poynter reported on the debut of the Times weekly video series, "Science Take," with 60 to 90 second videos on current scientific research. A Times press release mentions a number of new video projects, about 15, with original video content. In an Oct. 13 story in the Times by Christine Haughney, video department general manager Rebecca Howard said that since she'd arrived in March, 17 additional people were added to her department. Mark Thompson, Times' president and CEO, said that video would be part of the company's strategy. "Video will form a part of the answer to how marketers will use small mobile devices to get powerful advertising messages across," he said. With its New York Minute, the Times also one-ups by a second The Washington Post's apparently dormant video series "59 Seconds," which launched in March of 2012."

A New Formula for Quantitative UX Decision Making by Jeff Sauro, Jim Lewis Comments (0) Share on deliciousShare on diggShare on emailShare on hackernewsShare on redditShare on facebook_like 32 Imagine a formula that would allow you to take data from a very small pool of users (often as few as 8; possibly as few as 3) and figure out why, for instance, Autodesk customers are calling support, whether Budget.com visitors can rent a car in under a minute, or why cardholders were reluctant to use a mobile payment site. Such a formula exists, and it's not some abstract "formula for success" in management strategy or a design technique. We're talking about a mathematical formula that's easy to use but can transform the way you measure and manage the user experience. The formula is called the Adjusted-Wald Binomial Confidence Interval ("Adjusted-Wald Interval" for short), but its name isn't as important as what it can do. Its power is in helping estimate the behavior of an entire user population, even when the sample size is small. It does this by taking a simple proportion as input and producing a confidence interval. For example, suppose 10 users have attempted a task and 7 completed it successfully. The simple successful completion rate is 70%. But, given such a small sample size, how can you have any faith in the result? Would it be reasonable to expect to get exactly 7,000 successes if the sample size was 10,000? Probably not, but how far off might it be?

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Sky News reporters are using Dejero, a smartphone app that lets them broadcast live from a mobile device back to receivers in the newsroom and straight on to viewers' screens. Sky have licensed the app to 100 reporters and the supporting hardware is being rolled out around the country. "You put it on a tripod, put lights on the iPhone, connect it to a microphone and the quality is good," said Sky News correspondent Nick Martin, speaking to Journalism.co.uk on location at a hospital for a story about Jimmy Saville. "I can stand in front of that camera, that iPhone, on my own and broadcast to my heart's content until the camera crews and satellites arrive."

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