Story time: I've been thinking a lot about push alerts, which are a thing I spent a few years making but am no longer really involved in.
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I think it took news orgs a while to find their footing there, to accept that readers would welcome non-breaking push alerts.
(I’ve had some conversations with friends lately pondering what shape Election Day push alerts will take. That’s gonna be a fun one.)
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So I found myself the other day watching the Drunk History episode on journalism and realizing: push alerts are newsies.
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(side note: that episode is fantastic, and it stars Ellie Kemper as Nellie Bly and Jason Alexander as Boss Tweed)
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