The Strategist picks the day’s most interesting stories for the content aficionado who loves the backstory and reading between the lines. Here are a handful of headlines to kickstart your Monday.

Two years is a long time for a video to stick around. But this one has staying power.

JESS3 CEO Jesse Thomas and Tiffany Farrant-Gonzalez, a JESS3 designer, give their tips and tricks on how to release a company's data as a compelling visualization that turns heads.

Social media is changing the Web's DNA, and it will change media forever as well. Here are five tips, from Ben Elowitz of Wetpaint, on how media companies can dominate the next generation of media.

Want to create easily shareable content that boosts page views and backlinks? Consider infographics (or data visualizations), which get 30 times the page views of…