The very name of Facebook’s news feed has begun to feel slightly ironic in recent weeks as the presence of news articles has noticeably diminished. This is the result of major changes to Facebook’s algorithms, which now prioritise posts from friends above those from pages, and particularly above those from…
SPARC South, the final SPA Regional Conference & Awards of 2017, took place at the University of Exeter on Saturday 25th November. The conference, hosted by Exeposé, attracted more than 30 attendees. Talks given at the event included one on breaking into sports journalism, one on defamation from a law…
The blue tick that signifies Twitter verification may be far more common than it once was, but it remains a hugely useful way to help people find your publication’s social media presence. Not to mention that it is a fun thing to see next to your Twitter handle. Many student…
The saddest fact about summer is that it is the quietest part of the year for student media. That does not have to mean that student publications should stop producing content for that period, however. Of course it is a shame that there is such an agonisingly long wait before…
The Badger The Badger, at the University of Sussex covered the election on their ‘Live: General Election 2017‘ blog. With content ranging from snappy updates to red-bull fuelled analysis, they made it through not only until the early hours of the morning, but were still posting updates the following day.…