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Introducing DigInThere

1 month ago | rjionline.org | Zoli Csernatony |Dana Amihere

Want to earn readers’ attention? Reward them for itIntroducing DigInThere, a free audience engagement tool for news publishers to recognize and reward their audiences for genuine effort and, ultimately, thoughtful consumption. There’s an ever-increasing volume of online content out there vying for audiences’ finite attention spans. In simple economic terms, supply (online content) keeps growing while demand (human attention) stays fixed.
Introducing DigInThere - Editor and Publisher

1 month ago | editorandpublisher.com | Zoli Csernatony |Dana Amihere

Posted Monday, March 3, 2025 10:48 am Introducing DigInThere, a free audience engagement tool for news publishers to recognize and reward their audiences for genuine effort and, ultimately, thoughtful consumption. ...
Lessons learned from social media about news engagement

Jan 23, 2025 | rjionline.org | Zoli Csernatony |Dana Amihere

How to build safe community spaces that turn readers into doersOur tech landscape, which has an outsized effect on how journalism and the business of news are evolving, is (to keep it PG-rated)… a cluster. But, those who work at the intersection of tech (especially AI) and journalism can learn from the chaos unfolding, namely social media. DigInThere is watching and listening to better serve newsrooms who seek to leverage the best parts of social media and the people who use it.
A new approach to striking a balance between free speech and safe speech

Oct 28, 2024 | rjionline.org | Zoli Csernatony |Dana Amihere

How comprehension quizzes transform the comment section into a participatory journalism spaceAt their best, audience-generated comments can meaningfully complement a piece of content with valuable insights and new perspectives, cultivate a sense of community, and even ignite a substantive conversation around an underreported topic.
How enhanced audience engagement helps sustain newsrooms

Oct 7, 2024 | rjionline.org | Zoli Csernatony |Dana Amihere

Incentivizing thoughtful, effortful engagement over skimming is an opportunity to repair and build trust with audiencesThe realities of the modern media landscape are such that newsrooms need to perform a balancing act between the conflicting considerations of open access (civics) and financial sustainability (economics). By incentivizing thoughtful, effortful engagement over skimming, newsrooms have an opportunity to repair and build trust with their audiences.
Building AI-resistant news quizzes

Sep 5, 2024 | rjionline.org | Zoli Csernatony |Dana Amihere

Humans appear to have the upper hand. For now. There’s been a surge of interest among news publishers around offering audiences quizzes to boost engagement on their content. Some of the more prominent examples mainly focus on helping readers digest current events in a fun, gamified way. But quizzes have the potential to help audience members not only understand information but retain more from what they read. This makes them more efficient news consumers as they maximize the value of their time.
With a tsunami of information on the internet, how do we keep readers returning?

Aug 5, 2024 | rjionline.org | Dana Amihere |Zoli Csernatony

DigInThere: A free to use tool to capture reader attention and reward itThe content deluge on the internet is astronomical. In simple economic terms, supply (online content) is growing rapidly while demand (our collective attention) remains fixed, or even decreasing. With the staggering amount of content duking it out for our limited attention, it becomes increasingly important for publishers to reward thoughtful consumption in some way if they are to stay competitive.
With a tsunami of information on the internet, how do we keep readers returning? - Editor and Publisher

Aug 5, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | Zoli Csernatony |Dana Amihere

Posted Monday, August 5, 2024 11:12 am The content deluge on the internet is astronomical. In simple economic terms, supply (online content) is growing rapidly while demand (our collective attention) remains fixed, or even decreasing.