Social news via Storyful and emotion detection from Eyeris 6/23/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we learn how the social media news agency Storyful serves up user-generated content to news organizations, and we find out how the startup Eyeris measures viewers' emotional reactions to video content.

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Hacking the future of journalism 6/16/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we bring you new concepts for tools, business models and information services aimed at improving real-time social journalism across digital platforms.

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Putting Google Glass to the test 6/10/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we find out what Google Glass is really like as a reporting tool.

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Social media marketing via Tagkast and Inside Social 6/3/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we see how Tagkast is getting brand messaging into photos shared in Facebook, and we learn how Inside Social works to find influencers and track the way content moves through social media.

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CNNx app, and two social media management tools 5/26/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we learn about CNN's new tablet app, CNNx, which combines material from on-air and online. We also explore a few tools for managing a newsroom's social media presence.

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Lingospot, XAPP Ads and Tomorrowish 5/19/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we see a second-screen app that can automatically find contextual information; we hear about voice-activated audio messages; and we experience a Twitter conversation reassembled from across time zones.

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Social participation TV via Wayin, Excitem and iPowow 5/5/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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On-air TV programming combined with social media channels – dubbed "Social participation TV" – is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. In this week's Futures Lab update, we explore three tools that bring the mobile-device-using audience into a live broadcast.

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Connecting smartphones with TV and with entertainment experiences 4/29/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we explore some new tools that push video from smartphones to television, and we see how one newspaper is working to turn entertainment listings into real-world audience experiences.

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Google and the news industry 4/21/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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In this week's Futures Lab update, we chat with David Gehring, who works with global alliances and partnership strategies at Google.

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How mobile is changing news gathering and delivery 4/14/14

By the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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Smartphones and tablets have now surpassed computers as the primary way Americans access the Web and digital content, including online news. In this week's Futures Lab update, participants from the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute's recent Mobile First event share how their newsrooms are placing a priority on mobile and changing the way news is gathered and delivered.

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