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Hi everyone,

I honestly don't know why I waited so long. But herewith I proudly introduce 🥁: emojis! Everything is better with emojis 😌. May these little pictures be a handy guide through the topics of our newsletter. Which are by the way amongst others:

  • 💰 the surprising and joyous news that a digital-only publisher makes profit within 5 years
  • 👻 and the snapchattification of our social world. (Goodbye innovation, hello copycat age.)


Two other topics that are of importance this week:

👋  LET'S MEET IN PERUGIA 👋 - FRIDAY, APRIL 7
Are you attending the International Journalism Festival in Perugia this year? We will have our second DJR meetup right there in Italy! It will be slightly smaller in scale but of unimaginable higher quality! Meet @antonioiafano @tilman @madalina.ciobanu @thbackes @alexdroessler @federicacherubini, me and many others on

FRIDAY, April 7th, 8pm
Location t.b.a.


I still have to figure out where we will meet, but be sure that it will be a place that provides easy access to food and alcohol. 🍻 Stay updated in our #events channel!


🎸 WE NEED NEW ROCKSTARS 🎸
There are a few channel vacancies right now. #investigative #events #twitter and #messaging_bots told me that they feel a bit abandoned at the moment. Come on guys and girls, give them some love. All they need is some witty food, an information bubble bath and a walk to our newsletter every second week. Shoot me a message, if you're interested!

Rock on & read you in Slack!
Lina

ROCKS REPORT

QUOTE OF THE MONTH

 
"I think by stepping away from an ad-model, they're doing a really good thing to improve quality of content. But without a rigorous editorial and journalistic team, I don't see why I would subscribe to Medium over a bunch of other traditional organizations."

– Daniel Kao on Medium's new model –

 #all-social 


📱 Your favourite social app is... 
  • Marc started a poll based on the question: Which is your favourite social website/app besides Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat? Guess what: The winner was Instagram.

Channel Rockstar: @marcbiskupAny questions? Shoot Marc a message!

 #audio 


🔪 A new "Serial"-Podcast is out there - but will it work as well as the last one?
  • Hey podcast lovers, the creators of This American Life and Serial do it again. Say hello to “S-Town” and the question: How to get away with murder? DJ-Rocks member Andrew Nelson thinks that it will be hard for the new podcast. Serial was one of a kind and one of the first as well. But by now, the podcast market of storytelling formats has grown very much.

  • Also new: German magazine Spiegel Online started a political podcast called “Stimmenfang” - the first episode is an interesting view into the minds of voters in Germany. Interesting fact: The creators of the podcast are actually video experts.

  • DJR’s very own podcast format “Check you facts” by @davidtvrdon and @henrik.stahl is - of course - on Anchor and just started a little format there called “Fact of the Day”. If you are as much in love with anchor as these guys make sure to check it out.

Channel Rockstar: @kollegeAny questions? Shoot Marc a message!

 #ddj-dataviz 


🛠 NZZ's Storytelling Tools are now Open Source
  • @mario shared a link to the NZZ’s visualisation tools: Q-Editor and Q-Server.

  • @dnauroy is looking for other tools like Thinglink, can you help him out?

Channel Rockstar: @dorien_luyckx. Any questions? Shoot Dorien a message!

 #facebook 


 👎 It's finally there - the thumbs-down!

Channel Rockstar: @davidtvrdon. Any questions? Shoot David a message!

 #monetization 


💪💰 Here is a digital-only publisher that became profitable within 5 years!
  • Snaps for Quartz! @subhajitbanerjee shared the news that before they hit their fifth birthday, Quartz has made a profit. @davidtvrdon shared a profile which offered insight into Quartz’s successful thinking, focusing their resources on one area.

    “The thinking was the media habits of our target, global business professionals, had been changing drastically in an age where mobile was becoming the ubiquitous device and social the ubiquitous vehicle for discovering and sharing content,” said Lauf. “The competitors in our space were not shifting quickly enough to those habits. They had different business models, different approaches to serving that audience. It left a wedge of daylight.”
     
  • For those of us wondering where Medium is headed, the company announced a new experiment in monetization. And by “new experiment”, I mean the oldest experiment of all: a $5 subscription for curated stories. Interesting to see where this will go, as @danielkao pointed out that while it makes sense to elevate some of Medium’s great content (and @henrik.stahl agreed that he reads around 20-30 articles a week on Medium), he’s not sure what edge they have over other publishing powerhouses. (Extra special shout-out to @javier_vasquez for giving us a sneak peek at how great Stratechery is - subscribe if you liked it!).
Channel Rockstar: @farahcoletteAny questions? Shoot Farah a message!

 #newsletter 


💸 ... and this newsletter made 300,000 $ in 55 hours
  • johannesklingebiel shared an article from NiemanLab about his favourite newsletter the Hustle. Who raised 300,000$ from their subscribers in 55 hours. But also a discussion arose about the Bro-Lingo they use.
Channel Rockstar: @nikkyhoflandAny questions? Shoot Nikky a message!

 #snapchat 


👻 Do we like the snapification of the world - or not?
  • WIRED is hiring a Snapchat Discover team and they are looking for designers and animators/video editors to join them in San Francisco. For more info contact @natalie.

  • What do you people think about the snapification of all other social media (cfr Facebook’s latest update)? Is this a positive trend or is it getting out of hand?
Channel Rockstar: @dorien_luyckx  Any questions? Shoot Dorien a message!

 #storytelling 


😂 Trumps conflicts explained with Lego (and a host that is freaking out)

Channel Rockstar: @henrik.stahl. Any questions? Shoot Henrik a message!

 #tooltime 


🙈 Ello, that very successful Twitter clone, starts a Snapchat clone. (Want an invite?)

Here are the three top tool-tips from the last two weeks

Last but not least, Maxi helped out Jacqui with finding a tool she was looking for - despite the lack of his morning coffee. Just a great example of what this community is for.

Channel Rockstar: @tilman. Any questions? Shoot Tilman a message!

 #video 


🤔 What is the difference between a documentary filmmaker and a journalist?
  • @kata_karath is struggling to understand the difference between a documentary filmmaker and a journalist. @gerald, @denisvannier, and @henrik.stahl are all on the same page: they use similar storytelling techniques, but different tools/formats. Or, as Gerald puts it: “A documentary filmmaker focus on a point of view and explores that in a more lengthy manner than the journalist.” Do you agree? Voice your opinion!

Channel Rockstar: @henrik.stahl. Any questions? Shoot Henrik a message!

 #vr-ar 


⬇️ Oh boy, too many things for one witty headline. Just read the bullet points.
Channel Rockstar: @johannesklingebiel. Any questions? Shoot Johannes a message!

 GIF of the week 


Travelcat!

Carefully selected by @marcbiskup.

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