Shan Wang | Nieman Journalism Lab

Articles by Shan Wang

Shan Wang is a staff writer at the Lab. She previously worked in editorial at Harvard University Press, and has reported for Boston.com and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. One of the first news stories she ever wrote was about Muggle Quidditch for The Harvard Crimson. She grew up in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and is a Ray Allen devotee.

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The AP has another plan to track its content across the Internet, and this time it involves blockchain, naturally

August 28, 2018

Billy Penn, Denverite, and The Incline are all going after members. Can they become predominantly reader-supported?

The three sites together are “just south of 1,500 paying customers,” 60 percent of whom are signed up as recurring contributors (of these, the average annual contribution is around $115 or $120). Denverite, which launched its program first, has around 900 members.

August 24, 2018

Is there really data that heavy Facebook use caused…erm, is correlated with…erm, is linked to real-life hate crimes?

Plus: Does all our yammering about fake news make people think real news is fake?

August 22, 2018

So your news organization has real, paying digital subscribers. Now how do you keep them?

One finding: “Need-to-know material converts (related to how to live your life, understand the world), while nice-to-know (guides, arts, reviews) converts badly but is key for retention.”

August 22, 2018

We’re getting closer to the day when news apps and interactives can be easily preserved in perpetuity

Well, maybe not easily, but an NYU team is building a tool to save the entirety of a news app (including underlying libraries and frameworks), as well as a digital repository to hold them for future audiences.

Jack Dorsey says Twitter is experimenting with features to promote “alternative viewpoints” in people’s timelines

August 16, 2018

How The Globe and Mail is covering cannabis, Canada’s newest soon-to-be-legal industry

Just for starters, the Globe will have an expanding hub of coverage online, more live events, and a high-priced premium subscription newsletter for industry professionals.

August 15, 2018

Has the GDPR law actually gotten European news outlets to cut down on rampant third-party cookies and content on their sites? It seems so

Some third-party cookies were still present, of course. But there was a decrease in third-party content loaded from social media platforms and from content recommendation widgets.

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August 8, 2018

In Germany, a news site is pairing up liberals and conservatives and actually getting them to (gasp) have a civil conversation

And apparently without incident! “The ultimate goal is a less polarized debate and a less polarized, more open, and plural public…But we also want to raise people’s awareness of the value of joining in on the same conversation, and not splitting into different atoms.”

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