Nearly three-quarters of Americans watch news videos online and, according to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, most of them (61%) use social media or YouTube to do so. Unsurprisingly, news organizations have taken notice: Over the past year, a number of news publishers began posting vertical video on social media and found high engagement there. Now, as the Nieman Lab pointed out recently, publishers including The Economist, Newsday, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN are going a step further by launching dedicated tabs for video viewing in their apps. Vertical video is here to stay.

  Friday, December 5, 6-9pm: Eliana Pérez | Ajar at PS109 Join the artist and friends for this pop-up exhibition at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109. This tapestry and book pairing that depicts the parasitic exploitation of migrants passing through El Tapón del Darién, the narrow land bridge connecting the Americas. See this alongside 3 of her other artist books, all detailing intractable challenges affecting her native country of Colombia, including: ...