<![CDATA[Storify · Storify]]>http://storify.com/storifyNodeJS RSS ModuleSat, 08 Mar 2014 12:02:26 GMT<![CDATA[The Storify Year in Review - 2013]]>

From Supreme Court rulings to Twitter hoaxes, here are the biggest moments, milestones and stories on Storify from 2013

Storified by Storify · Thu, Jan 02 2014 12:25:08

2013 was full of major news moments, a milestone Storify story and the election of a new Pope. As the (white) smoke clears on another year, we take a look at its stories on Storify.

Breaking news dominated the biggest stories and story elements

The Supreme Court rules on marriage equality
#DOMA · Racine Bell
In March, the Supreme Court ruled against the Defense of Marriage Act and Prop 8. Social media exploded on the historic day, and this tweet from President Obama was one of Storify's most-used elements of the year:
Habemas Papam! A new Pope is elected
News outlets across the globe captured reactions as Pope Francis was elected. When the decision came, the official Pontifex Twitter account made the announcement with one of the year's most popular tweets, which we saw quoted in Storify stories just 53 seconds after it was first tweeted:
White smoke from the Vatican heralded the news, later becoming the year's most-Storified GIF:
Explosions at the Boston Marathon
But by far, the tragic bombing of the Boston Marathon was the most heavily-covered story this year on Storify. The Boston Globe's tweet breaking the news was the most-storified tweet of 2013:
And their footage of the horrific explosions the most-Storified video:
Explosions at the Boston Marathon · thebostonglobe
Major news outlets live-blogged the event, while others shared the messages of hope the world offered Boston in the days that followed.

Fakes on a Plane: the Most Viral stories of 2013

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<![CDATA[Storify has your source for the best GIFs online]]>

The newest source in our story editor is ideal for finding GIFs in a jiffy.

Storified by Storify · Fri, Nov 22 2013 09:59:54

It's no secret that Storify stories are very GIF-friendly, but getting the file format into stories hasn't always been straightforward for some.
That's why today we're adding a new, dedicated source for them to our story editor. If you're a GIF fan (or part of our team), this is probably you right now:
When creating your next story, simply click the "GIF" source to search for an animated addition that's perfect for your piece:
GIF Search · Storify
We've baked the APIs for popular providers like Google and Giphy right into this source, meaning the ideal trending item, reaction GIF or pop culture reference is just a keyword away.
If you've ever spent precious minutes GIF hunting elsewhere for your stories, this latest addition will likely be much appreciated.
Note: have you customized the sources area of your account's story editor in the past? If so, you won't see the GIF source in your editor right away. Use the "+" button provided to add it to your sources now:
Add Source · Storify
This is the first time that a source in Storify is based on the type of media you're looking for, rather than being a specific social network or other online source. We'd love to hear what you think of this and whether you'd be interested in seeing similar media-based searches for formats like photos or videos.
But most of all, have fun! We can't wait to see your GIF-filled stories soon.
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<![CDATA[New Twitter Cards put on quite the (slide)show]]>

Tweets containing Storify URLs now provide a slideshow preview of your story's content on Twitter

Storified by Storify · Wed, Nov 06 2013 10:45:23

Notice anything new on Twitter today? Storify stories are now incorporated directly into tweets wherever you find them. 
When you tweet a link to Storify stories, your followers will see an interactive slideshow preview of the story, like this one from President Obama:
New Twitter Cards · Storify
Because these are a part of the native experience through Twitter Cards, followers can quickly skim the best tweets from a chat, quips from a conference or images from an event without having to leave Twitter, meaning more engagement and readers for you.

See for yourself

To try this now, simply include any Storify URL in a tweet. 

That's it! The card will appear even if you use URL shorteners, and our slideshow is designed to work anywhere Twitter Cards are supported (including mobile apps).
Below the slideshow, the title and description of your story are still provided, and in addition to the link in your tweet, followers can click or tap on other areas in the card to see your full story on Storify.

Any questions?

What if the Storify story is embedded on my site? 

The Twitter Card only appears for Storify URLs. If you're sharing a link to content on your own site, our new card will not interfere with any Twitter Cards or preview images your content currently generate in tweets. 
Can all of my followers see these slideshows? 

As part of getting special approval from Twitter to update our cards, our slideshow's been updated to work anywhere Twitter Cards are supported, including Twitter's desktop and mobile websites, Tweetdeck and Twitter's iOS/Android apps.
Can I use Storify slideshows in other places? 

Yes, you can use the Storify slideshow story template anywhere you'd embed a regular Storify story! Just go to the template options in the "Distribute" area of your story...
Slideshow Embed · Storify
... and copy/paste the updated embed code there onto your site.
Enjoy, and thanks for telling your stories with Storify!
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<![CDATA[Storify stories now included in Twitter's related headlines]]>

Storify by Livefyre has worked with Twitter to feature publisher articles that include embedded Storify content

Storified by Storify · Thu, Oct 17 2013 10:43:18

Today we have great news for publishers using Storify! Embedded Storify stories will now be part of Twitter's related headlines, increasing distribution and driving traffic to major publishers' content online.

Helping tell the story behind a tweet

A month ago, Twitter announced a new related headlines section of Tweets as a way to connect Tweets to major stories or articles that contain them on the web. 
Tweets are often at the center of breaking news, but many times they also have a story to tell:
@richarddeitsch The day my wife woke up after her double-lung/heart transplant. http://twitter.com/RyanKaltenbach/status/354467802482089984/photo/1 · Ryan Kaltenbach
Anyone viewing the permalink page on a Tweet sees a section linking to content from approved publishers where the tweet's been embedded. Related headlines help Twitter (and content publishers) tell the story behind the tweet.
RelatedHeadlines · Storify

Now, Storify stories will also appear in the related headlines section of a Tweet. In addition to the news articles where a Tweet has been embedded, content from approved publishers using Storify will be shown.


Just embed Storify stories into your articles as you've always done -- if the article is helping tell the story behind the Tweets in it, Twitter will give related headline attribution to your website.

A big win for publishers using Storify

We've been working with Twitter to enable this deeper connection between Storify stories and Tweets for some time, starting with the recent move to the Embedded Tweets format in Storify stories. As part of this effort, we wanted to make sure your websites get more readers. The traffic to these links will always go to the article on a publisher's site, not Storify.com
For instance, NPR News recently Storified its readers' thoughts on the afterlife, including Embedded Tweets like this one:

#nprafterlife A beautiful reconnection with everyone we've ever loved. No suffering. A great swell of love, understanding and endless peace.

As you can see on Twitter, the related headlines for this tweet are driving others right to the NPR News story it's embedded in.
Likewise for this tweet, Storified by the Weather Channel:
Even with a nor'easter raging, nature can still deliver some beautiful scenes #ncwx #obxwx http://twitter.com/MartinMMC/status/388093078386794496/photo/1 · Martin Cornick
Anyone coming across it on Twitter can see how it contributed to the Weather Channel's recent storm coverage thanks to related headlines.
We've worked with Twitter to ensure major Storify publishers will be included in the related headlines section of Tweets. This list of publishers is constantly growing, and if you want to be part of it, you can apply with Twitter here.
Overall, this is a big win for publishers who use Storify, combining Storify's ease-of-use for putting together content with the distribution and traffic-boosting benefits of Twitter's related headlines.
Have any questions? Feel free to get in touch. Otherwise, enjoy, and thanks for telling your story (and the story behind Tweets) with Storify.
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<![CDATA[Storify acquired by Livefyre]]>

The Storify product and team have joined Livefyre to enhance both services' offerings.

Storified by Storify · Mon, Sep 09 2013 15:12:42

Storify acquired by Livefyre · Storify
We're thrilled to announce we're starting a new chapter in the Storify story. We've been acquired by Livefyre and are joining forces to create the world's leading social curation company.

Powering Social Everywhere

Three years ago, we created Storify with some important goals in mind: Amplify the voices that matter. Find meaning in the noise. Make the web tell a story.


This remains true today. We still firmly believe that social media is changing not only the news but fundamentally how media works everywhere, and we've seen this reflected in the stories that more than 850,000 Storify users have created so far.

How Social Media is Changing the News: Xavier Damman at TEDxBrussels · tedxtalks

Livefyre's mission is to "power social everywhere." They started by building a commenting system for websites, and are now powering real-time conversation and social curation for more than 400 major publishers, media companies and brands online. Their network sees more than 1 billion pageviews per month.


By joining Livefyre, we’ll become part of a larger company with more resources, a strong technical infrastructure and experienced enterprise sales team. Storify will be able to give journalists, bloggers, publishers, brands and agencies even more of the features they've been asking for.


Together with Livefyre's StreamHub, we can offer a complete suite of products to help our users do much more. We believe our united products are a perfect match, offering the best social storytelling, curation and user engagement tools anywhere.

Some things change (but most things stay the same)

We understand the amazing community of storytellers using Storify is what got us to this point. We couldn't be more grateful for this, which is why we won’t be changing our free social storytelling product. Also, our current Business and VIP customers will continue to have access to the features included in these subscriptions. 


In the future, we plan to integrate Storify’s VIP product into Livefyre’s enterprise offerings, giving publishers and brands an easy way to blend social media into everything they do. This means we'll be able to add long-requested features like single sign-on, centralized story and editor management, and engagement analytics.


Finally, the entire Storify team is joining the Livefyre family in their San Francisco headquarters. (Just down the street from our previous office!)


Our story is just beginning, but as always, we thank you for using Storify to tell yours.


Sincerely,

Xavier Damman, Burt Herman and the entire Storify team


The story is only beginning… this morning we welcome @storify to the @livefyre family. http://twitter.com/nickcicero/status/377122103582928897/photo/1 · Jordan Kretchmer

Congrats @storify founders @burtherman @xdamman. Nice acquisition @livefyre. Best way to tell the story? Storify! http://bit.ly/13CnEFD

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<![CDATA[Get connected! (To your Google+ and Facebook Pages)]]>

New connections to your Storify profile allow you to use Google Authorship and display your brand's Facebook Page.

Storified by Storify · Fri, Aug 30 2013 13:55:46

At Storify, we always have our ears (and APIs) open to new developments and feedback. After hearing about Google's "Authorship" information and the need for brands to connect their Facebook Pages to Storify recently, we got to work bringing both of these to the service. Check 'em out!

Google Authorship

Have you ever seen results like these pop up when doing a Google search?
Google Authorship · Storify
These info-rich results are what you get if you use "Google Authorship," Google's way to connecting you to any content you're contributing (or "authoring") on the web.
If you have a Google+ profile, you can now have your author info show up for Storify content you've created! Here's how:
Step 1: Connect your Google+ account in Settings
Connect Google · Storify
Add Contributor · Storify
• In the "Contributor to" area, click "Add custom link"
• In the "Label" field, type "Storify"
• In the "URL" field, type your Storify profile URL
Step 3: Wait for Google to process your connection
It can take up to 24 hours for Google to recognize your contributor connection and change its search results. When it does, your Google Authorship information will be associated with your Storify stories!
Authorship Example · Storify
Google Authorship connection is available today and free for all Storify accounts. 

Connect Facebook Pages to your Storify profile

With the launch of Storify Business this year, we've seen a massive amount of brands, businesses and PR agencies using Storify in new ways.

One bit of feedback we got right away was that they'd like to customize their Storify profile by linking the brand's Facebook Page to is (and be able to share Storify content to the page directly). Now any Storify Business account can do this by following these steps:
Step 1: Connect your personal Facebook account in Settings
Connect Facebook · Storify
Note: If you already had your personal Facebook account connected, you will need to unlink and reconnect it to use this.
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<![CDATA[Embedded Tweets arrive on Storify]]>

Storify has been working with Twitter to support Embedded Tweets and their new Headlines functionality for publishers online.

Storified by Storify · Tue, Aug 20 2013 12:40:56

Today we're excited to show off the results of some direct work with Twitter to bring Embedded Tweets to the Storify platform. As of now, all tweets in Storify stories will display in Twitter's Embedded Tweets format!

Twitter has been improving Embedded Tweets format for some time, adding rich content and context wherever these tweets are displayed. By switching to the Embedded Tweet format, we're enabling everyone to enjoy Storify's ease-of-use along with the advantages of Embedded Tweets such as Headlines and an updated look.

Headlines: Every tweet has a story

As part of our partnering up with Twitter on this, we're enabling the just-announced "Headlines" functionality they've built into Embedded Tweets:
With Headlines, Twitter's hoping to help "surface the stories behind a tweet" and make interesting content from websites more discoverable. Their developer blog explains how along with an example:

Today we’re rolling out a new feature for publishers using Embedded Tweets that connects articles about the Tweet with the Tweet itself.  When you embed Tweets in your content, the headline of your article and Twitter account will be surfaced on the Tweet’s permalink page for all to see.  We think this will help more people discover the larger story behind the Tweet, drive clicks to your articles, and help grow your audience on Twitter.

As of today, Storify supports Embedded Tweets across the service, meaning publishers using Storify will enjoy the benefits of Twitter Headlines in the coming days and weeks.

Embedded Tweets on Storify: New look, same great haste

This is the first time the look and functionality of Twitter's Embedded Tweets has been combined with Storify's easy, drag-and-drop interface for finding and quoting tweets and other public content quickly.

Nothing's changed in our story editor -- you can find and add tweets to your story from the Twitter source as usual. When you publish your story, any tweets in it are automatically converted to the Embedded Tweets format for you.
To get a sense of how this looks, say you added this recent tweet to a story and published it. Here's how it would've previously been displayed:
Example Tweet on Storify · Storify
And here it is in Embedded Tweet format:
Happy Birthday President @BillClinton! (there's still time to sign his card. Click here: j.mp/15UfQvp) pic.twitter.com/ny3NqTOX3h · The Democrats
Avid Storify users will notice a few welcome additions the Embedded Tweets format brings, such as: 
• The tweet's owner is clearly attributed at the top
• The number of retweets and favorites is shown at the bottom
• The timestamp displayed is exact to the minute

As the Embedded Tweet format evolves and Twitter adds even more functionality to it, these updates will be incorporated into the tweets in your Storify stories automatically. 

Other fun facts about Storify and Embedded Tweets

Approved publishers using Storify should see their content in "Related headlines" soon. As mentioned in Twitter's announcement, they'll be rolling out Headlines to a growing list of approved publishers and partners at first. Our move to Embedded Tweets means these publishers will still be able to embed Storify content on their sites and enjoy the benefits of the Headlines feature in the coming days.
Deleted tweets stay in stories. It's always been the case that quoted tweets stick around on Storify even if the original public tweet is deleted. This won't change as part of our move to Twitter's Embedded Tweets.
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<![CDATA[Now on Storify: Editors, Grid view and more]]>

Collaboration comes to Storify with our Editors and Story Lock features, and a new Grid view lets you show off your stories in style.

Storified by Storify · Mon, Aug 26 2013 18:05:07

Every day, more businesses news organizations are adopting Storify to tell their brand's or audience's stories. While this has been amazing to watch, we've understood that using Storify as a team can be tough without better editing and collaborating options. That's why today we're excited to announce a revamped Editors option for Storify Business users.
Find out more about the Editors option below along with two new features we're giving everyone, Story Lock and the Grid template

Editors

Anyone with Storify Business status can now add Editors to their account in Settings. In the past, having multiple people use one account was problematic - stories might be edited in two places at once (resulting in lost information), and it was impossible to know if someone else was editing at the same time as you. Not anymore.

• Anyone you give Editor status to can create a story for you without needing your login information: 
Editors - "Create As" · Storify
• While your Editors work on stories, a new featured called Story Lock lets them know if multiple people are trying to access one at the same time.
Storify_Editor · Storify
• You can make anyone on Storify an Editor, and even if your Editors are on Free accounts, they can use Business-only options for your stories, like "Headerless" embeds, HTML for SEO or exporting stories as PDFs.
• As of today, all Business accounts can add one Editor for free! For larger teams, new upgrade options in our Business plans enable you to add five or ten Editors to your account if needed.
Story Lock is available today for all Business accounts and a limited number of Free accounts.

New story format: "Grid"

A fun feature we've been testing internally is now available on Storify! Inspired by the recent response we saw from the New York Times' use of our API, a new "Grid" template now allows everyone to display stories in an incredibly visual way.
"Grid" Template · Storify
To try it, go to "Distribute" at the top of your stories now and choose the Grid template from the embed style options.
New Template - "Grid" · Storify
In Grid view, all image elements in your story (tweets containing pictures, Instagram photos, Vine videos, etc.) form an incredible visual with attribution info is used as captions. It's a great way for your audience to consume your stories visually, and we can't wait to see how you'll get creative with it.
In addition to embedding stories in Grid view, you can preview or share any existing Storify story as a grid by simply adding "/grid" to the end of its URL. Check out this NBC News story in Grid view for example.
The Grid view is available to all Storify accounts today. Questions? Comments? Leave them below, or find us @Storify any time. 
Otherwise, enjoy! And as always, thanks for sharing your stories.
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<![CDATA[Decisions, decisions: The Storify week in review (June 29)]]>

Landmark decisions by the Supreme Court top the major stories seen on Storify this week.

Storified by Storify · Sat, Jun 29 2013 23:07:31

Every week we're reminded that your stories are alive and constantly evolving. This month's major headlines are no exception, as the facts of the NSA/Edward Snowden story continued to elude reporters (quite literally) as the week opened.
Storify is fast becoming a go-to medium for live blogging and developing coverage. The Snowden discussion on this week's Meet the Press was Storified while the show aired and the world wondered about his whereabouts.

SCOTUS in action

Meanwhile, many of this week's headlines revolved around the Supreme Court, which delivered a number of long-standing decisions, setting social media ablaze.
First up, a major ruling on the Voting Rights Act. If you've been wondering how this piece of legislation was affected and what the Supreme Court's decision means, don't miss PBS Newshour's coverage here:
Most of the attention on the Supreme Court revolved around the rights of same-sex couples, however. In a decision with major implications, the Defense of Marriage Act was ruled unconstitutional.
The news spread quickly, and reactions from same-sex couples quickly went viral, as seen in pieces like this from NBC News:
RT Us: Big day. pic.twitter.com/FwcnOlkhZz · SCOTUSblog
MSNBC also had a great "50 states, 50 tweets' story involving reactions from across the United States:
But what about those opposed to the ruling? As The Daily Beast pointed out, it was a bad week to be a "hater" online:

#StandWithWendy

Finally, this week Texas was facing a major decision of its own regarding abortion rights. While major cable news networks declined to cover a vote on the issue, a live stream of Texas Senator Wendy Davis' filibuster spread like wildfire across social media. Davis spent over 11 hours without rest filibustering, prompting hundreds of thousands to turn out and #StandWithWendy online.

The Daily Dot covered the vote and fallout online with some of the best tweets as it unfolded:
Did you publish your own reactions to the major decisions this week or see anything we missed? Let us know in the comments here or with a shoutout to @Storify.

And as always, thanks for sharing your stories.
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<![CDATA[Testimonials from governmental agencies]]>

Storified by Storify · Tue, Jun 25 2013 18:07:35

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