Weekly comms news round up 02/12/11

Can’t believe it is December already! Anyhow, here is my weekly round up of comms news curated from @CisionUK.

How to: best post news on Twitter and Facebook by @SarahMarshall3 via journalism.co.uk

“Ten tips from the experts on getting to grips with social media optimisation on platforms such as Twitter and Facebook”.

Most tweets are now not in English by Adam Bernstein via @wearesocial we are social

“The reports we produce for clients have consistently been showing a trend for more and more tweets not being in English, and now we have overall empirical evidence to back this up: research by Semiocast found that over 60% of tweets between May 2010 and the end of October 2011 were in languages other than English.”

Google launches data journalism awards with Global Editors Network by @rmcathy via journalism.co.uk

“Google will partner with the Global Editors Network to offer a new data journalism contest aimed at both “established news organisations and newcomers”.”

Facebook research finds social and personalised news receives most engagement via @thedrum The Drum

“Facebook has released some early research from media partners who have integrated Open Graph, including Yahoo! News, The Washington Post and The Guardian.”

Twitter signs partnership with Japan’s biggest social network by @gordonmacmillan via THE Wall

“Twitter has always been big in Japan, where it leads Facebook, and it is looking to cement that position as it signs a strategic partnership with the country’s biggest social network Mixi.”