coralproject, Author at Coral by Vox Media https://coralproject.net/blog/author/coralproject/ A better commenting experience Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:17:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5 https://coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-coral_logo_mark.png?w=32 coralproject, Author at Coral by Vox Media https://coralproject.net/blog/author/coralproject/ 32 32 228099314 Join us in making the internet better https://coralproject.net/blog/join-us-future-coralproject/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=join-us-future-coralproject Thu, 24 May 2018 16:11:54 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=658 An exciting announcement about the future of The Coral Project … Read More

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]]> 895 How Spotlight Uses Ask https://coralproject.net/blog/spotlight-ask/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spotlight-ask Thu, 10 May 2018 00:36:09 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=655 The Boston Globe reached out to us to help them with engagement around divisive topics. The result was a Finalist in this year's Pulitzer Prizes … Read More

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]]> 894 How To Engage In The Comments: A Journalist’s Guide https://coralproject.net/blog/journalists-comments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=journalists-comments Wed, 18 Apr 2018 18:42:04 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=643 There's huge value in interacting with your community, both for your reporting and your company. Here's how to do it effectively. … Read More

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]]> 893 The General Data Protection Regulation & Us https://coralproject.net/blog/gdpr/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gdpr Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:51:50 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=641 How we're making it easy for you to be GDPR compliant with Talk … Read More

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]]> 892 Our First Hack Day https://coralproject.net/blog/coral-hackday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coral-hackday Thu, 22 Mar 2018 22:02:14 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=629 Our team spent a day focusing on side projects that help our work. Here's what we made. … Read More

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]]> 891 You’ve Installed Talk. Now What? https://coralproject.net/blog/youve-installed-talk-now-what/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=youve-installed-talk-now-what Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:14:39 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=617 Setting up the technology is just the first step. … Read More

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]]> 890 Slacking On https://coralproject.net/blog/slacking-on/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slacking-on Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:01:02 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=588 A new way to moderate comments … Read More

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]]> 588 Marginalized Voices in Comment Spaces https://coralproject.net/blog/marginalized-voices-in-comment-spaces/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marginalized-voices-in-comment-spaces Mon, 04 Dec 2017 18:45:19 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=569 What we learned from people whose voices were not represented in most comment sections … Read More

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]]> 569 A New Advisor https://coralproject.net/blog/julia-chan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=julia-chan Tue, 28 Nov 2017 21:59:51 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=581 Meet the newest member of our advisory board, Julia B. Chan … Read More

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]]> 581 Toxic Avengeance https://coralproject.net/blog/toxic-avenging/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toxic-avenging Tue, 03 Oct 2017 02:11:04 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=571 A new Talk plugin uses Google technology to detect toxic comments before they are published … Read More

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]]> 571 It’s all about the Ask https://coralproject.net/blog/its-all-about-the-ask/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-all-about-the-ask Thu, 29 Jun 2017 21:14:54 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=557 How our tool 'Ask' helped a journalist write better questions, and receive incredible reader stories … Read More

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]]> 557 De Correspondent: A New Kind of Journalism https://coralproject.net/blog/de-correspondent-a-new-kind-of-journalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=de-correspondent-a-new-kind-of-journalism Wed, 03 May 2017 19:42:42 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=539 "We tell our journalists: talking with readers is not extra work. It is your work." … Read More

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]]> 539 Our First Talk Plugin https://coralproject.net/blog/sherloq-talk-plugin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sherloq-talk-plugin Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:10:10 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=516 Less than two weeks after the release of Talk, we're delighted to announce our first third-party plugin … Read More

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]]> 516 The Empty Box https://coralproject.net/blog/the-empty-box/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-empty-box Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:03:13 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=508 It's time to be strategic around your comments … Read More

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]]> 508 Preguntas y Respuestas https://coralproject.net/blog/preguntas-y-respuestas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=preguntas-y-respuestas Thu, 16 Mar 2017 20:36:11 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=503 How Univision used our Ask tool as part of a live TV event … Read More

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]]> 503 How To Build A Community Liaison Team https://coralproject.net/blog/build-a-community-liason-team/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=build-a-community-liason-team Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:07:05 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=483 Inside Fusion's attempts at a different kind of engagement … Read More

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]]> 483 Talking Politics: An Interview With Spaceship Media https://coralproject.net/blog/talking-politics-spaceship-jeremy-hay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=talking-politics-spaceship-jeremy-hay Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:53:58 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=471 How a small organization created positive dialog between voters in Alabama and California … Read More

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]]> 471 12,000 people have something to say https://coralproject.net/blog/12000-people-have-something-to-say/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=12000-people-have-something-to-say Thu, 12 Jan 2017 13:33:22 +0000 https://blog.coralproject.net/?p=482 We've just released a study of thousands of commenters, conducted with the Engaging News Project at the University of Texas-Austin … Read More

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]]> 482 The Real Name Fallacy https://coralproject.net/blog/the-real-name-fallacy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-real-name-fallacy Tue, 03 Jan 2017 18:16:33 +0000 http://blog.coralproject.net/?p=443 Many say that horrible comments would vanish if people were forced to use their real names. Thirty years of research suggests otherwise. … Read More

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]]> 443 Your Best Stories of 2017 https://coralproject.net/blog/your-best-journalism-2017/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=your-best-journalism-2017 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:34:07 +0000 http://blog.coralproject.net/?p=440 If you're planning a big story in 2017, you should take inspiration from some of 2016's best journalism. … Read More

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]]> 440 Time for Change https://coralproject.net/blog/time-for-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=time-for-change Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:45:47 +0000 http://blog.coralproject.net/?p=430 If we aren't listening to people every day, why should they listen to us? … Read More

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]]> 430 What Do Frequent Commenters Want? https://coralproject.net/blog/interviews-with-frequent-commenters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interviews-with-frequent-commenters Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:57:36 +0000 http://blog.coralproject.net/?p=410 A detailed look at the habits and needs of 15 people who spend a lot of time in the comments … Read More

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]]> 410 It’s time for you to try Ask https://coralproject.net/blog/its-time-for-you-to-try-ask/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-time-for-you-to-try-ask Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:45:27 +0000 http://blog.coralproject.net/?p=393 Our first product, Ask, is available for you to download and use … Read More

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]]> 393 Our First Hackathon https://coralproject.net/blog/our-first-hackathon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-first-hackathon Thu, 19 May 2016 22:56:06 +0000 http://blog.coralproject.net/?p=299 Earlier this month in Washington, DC, we held a collaborative event around data and visualization. Here's what everyone made … Read More

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]]> 671 Three new users https://coralproject.net/blog/three-new-users/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=three-new-users Tue, 10 May 2016 18:55:31 +0000 http://blog.coralproject.net/?p=291 We've added some new users to our personas list … Read More

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]]> 670 Meet Our Users https://coralproject.net/blog/meet-our-users/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meet-our-users Tue, 08 Mar 2016 18:41:26 +0000 http://blog.coralproject.net/?p=236 We've created a fictional group of personas to help us build for real user needs. How can we improve them? … Read More

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