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Why there is nothing quite like real-life reporting experience for young journalists — Featured image: Youth reporters Petra Papapetrou (L) and Ayesha Ralekgetho (R) during a training activity at SNF Nostos 2026. Photo: Petros Toufexis/iMEdD.

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Why there is nothing quite like real-life reporting experience for young journalists

'Young talent needs to step away from the comfort of their computer screens and learn how to deal with awkwardness in the field'

By Phoebe Frontista • 7 min read

Side hustles for journalists: Top up your income and learn new skills — Photo by Garrhet Sampson / Unsplash

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Side hustles for journalists: Top up your income and learn new skills

From narrating audiobooks to moonlighting as funeral celebrants, journalists can use their skills in many weird and wonderful ways to make some extra money

By Jacob Granger • 6 min read

NCTJ: News employers ask for advanced AI skills from graduates — Image generated by DeepAI

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NCTJ: News employers ask for advanced AI skills from graduates

Critical AI prompting, fact-checking, context awareness, and ethical judgement are the new must-have skills for fresh recruits

By Jacob Granger • 3 min read

AI is eating your journalism. Here are the 11 tools you can use to take back control — Created with Nano Banana 2.

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AI is eating your journalism. Here are the 11 tools you can use to take back control

News organisations are moving from moaning about AI scraping to building an infrastructure for control, measurement and payment. This is your practical guide to Pay Per Crawl, licensing marketplaces, AI coalitions and more

By Marcela Kunova • 10 min read

Quick reads

One-minute news updates

The Independent’s Climate 100 returns for 2026, spotlighting global climate leaders

The annual list celebrates the most influential voices shaping the debate on climate change

1 min read

PPA pilots paid work experience programme with four major publishers

Immediate, Bauer Media, Hearst UK and Shard Financial Media are the first publishers to back an initiative to break down financial barriers into journalism

1 min read

Pew-Knight research maps four types of US public engagement: Mobilisers, Connectors, Spectators, Outsiders

US civic and news engagement is more complex than a simple matter of political beliefs

1 min read

Fubo launches The Athletic’s first sports video hub for connected TV, expanding partnership

Sports fans can now watch The Athletic’s in-depth video coverage directly on Fubo’s streaming TV platform

1 min read

2026 YouTube study: More views, less engagement as Shorts feed dominates discovery

Views surged for both Shorts and long-form YouTube videos, but engagement rates and monetisation continue to fall, according to a study by Metricool

1 min read

JournalismAI Discovery Lab relaunches as expanded, free e-learning platform for newsroom professionals

JournalismAI’s virtual Discovery Lab now offers a flexible, multilingual path for journalists to build AI skills

1 min read

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Actionable tips to take back to your newsroom

Reporting on migration responsibly: Lessons from Ballymena riots for newsrooms everywhere — Maeve Connolly, co-director of Raised Voices CIC

Reporting on migration responsibly: Lessons from Ballymena riots for newsrooms everywhere

How should the press engage with sources who are naturally distrustful of the media and vulnerable to violence?

By Jacob Granger • 5 min read

News experience is the next level of audience-first thinking — Photo by Ion Fet on Unsplash

News experience is the next level of audience-first thinking

What newsrooms can learn from other media industries about competing in the age of experience

By Dina Shatner • 5 min read

Beyond the CV: How to make yourself employable in journalism in 2026 — David Spencer

Beyond the CV: How to make yourself employable in journalism in 2026

If you want to land that interview, you'll need more than an AI-generated CV - employers want to see facts, initiative and a squeaky-clean LinkedIn profile

By David Spencer • 5 min read

TBIJ initiative aims to boost family court reporting in England and Wales — Blackwood Civil and Family Court, Wales, sourced via Wikimedia (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license)

TBIJ initiative aims to boost family court reporting in England and Wales

Despite new transparency rules, most family court hearings remain unreported as journalists struggle to find newsworthy cases and families cannot alert the media to their stories. Sign your newsroom up to a service that aspires to change that

By Jacob Granger • 3 min read

Quick reads

One-minute news updates

The Independent’s Climate 100 returns for 2026, spotlighting global climate leaders

The annual list celebrates the most influential voices shaping the debate on climate change

1 min read

PPA pilots paid work experience programme with four major publishers

Immediate, Bauer Media, Hearst UK and Shard Financial Media are the first publishers to back an initiative to break down financial barriers into journalism

1 min read

Pew-Knight research maps four types of US public engagement: Mobilisers, Connectors, Spectators, Outsiders

US civic and news engagement is more complex than a simple matter of political beliefs

1 min read

Fubo launches The Athletic’s first sports video hub for connected TV, expanding partnership

Sports fans can now watch The Athletic’s in-depth video coverage directly on Fubo’s streaming TV platform

1 min read

2026 YouTube study: More views, less engagement as Shorts feed dominates discovery

Views surged for both Shorts and long-form YouTube videos, but engagement rates and monetisation continue to fall, according to a study by Metricool

1 min read

JournalismAI Discovery Lab relaunches as expanded, free e-learning platform for newsroom professionals

JournalismAI’s virtual Discovery Lab now offers a flexible, multilingual path for journalists to build AI skills

1 min read

BBC and NPR team up for 'landmark' podcast about missing journalist Austin Lice

Next month, the two giants of public service media will release a new nine-part podcast tracing the Pulitzer finalist’s disappearance in Syria a decade ago

1 min read

Substack wins first US court case for independent journalist in $1m defamation suit

'Think twice before messing with creators' say Substack bosses as its Defender initiative dismissed a case for SpyTalk

1 min read

Community spotlight

Your say, your views

Community spotlight

Your say, your views

Why we need to return to accountability reporting — Courtesy of Dhruti Shah

Why we need to return to accountability reporting

As the spotlight turns on how the press treated Professor Jason Arday, what should journalists consider?

By Dhruti Shah • 3 min read

20 years after newspapers went video: The search for what comes next

20 years after newspapers went video: The search for what comes next

The trusty news package has stood the test of time but it must now evolve, argues David Dunkley Gyimah, who looks to cinema to teach news how to master the art of attention and immersion

By David Dunkley Gyimah • 6 min read

Gen Z will save your newsroom - if you let them — Quentin Leboucher, head of video in Europe, AFP. Credit: Yelim Lee / AFP

Gen Z will save your newsroom - if you let them

Mental health, growth opportunities and strong editorial values are all non-negotiables for the generation of journalists coming through

By Quentin Leboucher • 5 min read

Does the news know middle-aged women exist?

Does the news know middle-aged women exist?

I'm a news avoider — not because I don’t care about the news, but because it drains energy I can't spare and rarely reflects what it’s like to be me

By Luba Kassova • 8 min read

A checklist to build search authority in the age of AI

A checklist to build search authority in the age of AI

Make sure your content can be discovered by both bots and readers by using this step-by-step guide

By Iryna Chernukha • 3 min read

Who gets to shape the national conversation? Shining a light on BBC Radio 4’s diversity gap — Jaldeep Katwala, director of the Sir Lenny Henry Centre at Birmingham City University.

Who gets to shape the national conversation? Shining a light on BBC Radio 4’s diversity gap

Seventy years on air and not a single black British main presenter has hosted the BBC's agenda-setting radio shows, The Today Programme or Any Questions?

By Jaldeep Katwala • 6 min read

Could the news industry pool mental health support like it does with its camera crews? — Psychotherapist and Sky Sports senior producer James Scurry

Could the news industry pool mental health support like it does with its camera crews?

Psychotherapist and Sky News freelance producer James Scurry invites you to be part of an industry-wide intervention to break the cycle of trauma in the news

By James Scurry • 5 min read

Australia banned under-16s from social media six months ago. Here is what it actually did to the news

Australia banned under-16s from social media six months ago. Here is what it actually did to the news

An Australian publisher's view on the law the UK is about to copy, and the lessons worth learning before you do

By Scott Purcell • 6 min read

'Treat us as people, not a story,' abuse survivors tell news organisations — Jo Healey (centre) speaking at a WHO conference in Geneva. Credit: A. Tardy

'Treat us as people, not a story,' abuse survivors tell news organisations

Interviewees who have experienced sexual abuse ask journalists to remember they're talking to someone in recovery - they need choices, follow-ups and to feel believed

By Jo Healey • 4 min read

'Don’t shoot the messenger': My call to defend press freedom in a global crisis — Journalist, media safety and mental health expert Hannah Storm

'Don’t shoot the messenger': My call to defend press freedom in a global crisis

Journalists around the world face increasing difficulty, despair and danger in the line of duty - we must continue spotlighting these voices because silencing reporters endangers democracy itself

By Hannah Storm • 4 min read

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Deep thinking and expert analysis

Australian laws to make tech companies pay for news will help, but there are four key problems — Photo by Joey Csunyo / Unsplash

Australian laws to make tech companies pay for news will help, but there are four key problems

Australia’s new laws will make major tech companies pay news publishers, but critics warn the scheme favours large media outlets, excludes AI platforms, and leaves small independent newsrooms with little support, highlighting persistent gaps in funding and digital regulation

By Sora Park • 4 min read

Is local news actually hollowing out? We asked the people watching it happen — Image created with AI (Google FX)

Is local news actually hollowing out? We asked the people watching it happen

A six-year study of Reach plc has put hard numbers on what many in local news have long suspected: that original, local reporting is being squeezed out of Britain's biggest local newspaper group. We put the findings to an independent hyperlocal, a rival publisher, and Reach itself

By Marcela Kunova • 6 min read

Journalism and media awards in 2026 — JUK is a proud winner of the Best B2B Newsletter 2026 award at the Publisher Newsletter Awards by Media Voices.

Journalism and media awards in 2026

Awards are a great way to have your hard work recognised by industry experts and celebrate your teams. Here is where you can apply this year. Hurry - deadlines are fast-approaching

By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read

Self-censorship on the rise: How legal threats are quietly rewriting UK news — Photo by Sasun Bughdaryan on Unsplash

Self-censorship on the rise: How legal threats are quietly rewriting UK news

As new defamation and privacy risks emerge, a new study reveals that under-resourced British newsrooms often retract stories rather than risk legal battles they can’t afford

By Marcela Kunova • 6 min read

Training

Sub-editing skills: live Zoom course

Sub-editing skills: live Zoom course

Learn to take a tangled draft and make its point land. Find its angle, order its structure, simplify every line. A live, one-day sub-editing course.

By Martin Lloyd • 2 min read

Proofreading: what AI still misses

Proofreading: what AI still misses

Become the reader nothing gets past. AI hands back proofed copy with fresh mistakes buried inside. Only a human can catch them all.

By Martin Lloyd • 2 min read

Copywriting for freelance journalists

Copywriting for freelance journalists

Online, flexible course: With the video version of Jackie Barrie’s sellout live course, you will learn how to transfer your journalism skills to copywriting, at your own pace - plus a free copy of Jackie's book

By Jackie Barrie • 2 min read

Sub-editing masterclass

Sub-editing masterclass

Your writing is only as good as your edit. Learn to cut a story to its point and carry the reader to the end. Start any time.

By Martin Lloyd • 3 min read

Humans in journalism

Deep connection and human stories

15 top news creators and what you can learn from them

15 top news creators and what you can learn from them

From deep dive explainers to borderline influencers, these content creators have built formidable followings and some have even got the business model figured out too

By Jacob Granger • 3 min read

Having a crisis of confidence? You're not the only one — Luisa Baldini (inset) reporting live for BBC News the inauguration of Pope Francis (2013)

Having a crisis of confidence? You're not the only one

Are we all faking it until we make it? A former BBC correspondent lifts the lid on her anxieties presenting live news and what you can do to feel more confident at work

By Jacob Granger • 4 min read

Who to follow: 30 journalists doing great work on TikTok (yes, TikTok)

Who to follow: 30 journalists doing great work on TikTok (yes, TikTok)

Get inspired by these day-in-the-life videos, news updates, explainers, and behind-the-scenes clips from newsrooms

By Jacob Granger • 5 min read

What can the news industry learn from other sectors about mental health? — The MediaStrong audience on 13 July 2026. Credit: MediaStrong

What can the news industry learn from other sectors about mental health?

Soldiers get aftercare and space for decompression after returning from the frontlines. Paramedics have also realised they're not invincible. But journalists continue to push themselves past their limits

By Jacob Granger • 5 min read

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Why we need to return to accountability reporting — Courtesy of Dhruti Shah

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Why we need to return to accountability reporting

As the spotlight turns on how the press treated Professor Jason Arday, what should journalists consider?

By Dhruti Shah • 3 min read

Australian laws to make tech companies pay for news will help, but there are four key problems — Photo by Joey Csunyo / Unsplash

News

Australian laws to make tech companies pay for news will help, but there are four key problems

Australia’s new laws will make major tech companies pay news publishers, but critics warn the scheme favours large media outlets, excludes AI platforms, and leaves small independent newsrooms with little support, highlighting persistent gaps in funding and digital regulation

By Sora Park • 4 min read

20 years after newspapers went video: The search for what comes next

News

20 years after newspapers went video: The search for what comes next

The trusty news package has stood the test of time but it must now evolve, argues David Dunkley Gyimah, who looks to cinema to teach news how to master the art of attention and immersion

By David Dunkley Gyimah • 6 min read

15 top news creators and what you can learn from them

News

15 top news creators and what you can learn from them

From deep dive explainers to borderline influencers, these content creators have built formidable followings and some have even got the business model figured out too

By Jacob Granger • 3 min read

Reporting on migration responsibly: Lessons from Ballymena riots for newsrooms everywhere — Maeve Connolly, co-director of Raised Voices CIC

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Reporting on migration responsibly: Lessons from Ballymena riots for newsrooms everywhere

How should the press engage with sources who are naturally distrustful of the media and vulnerable to violence?

By Jacob Granger • 5 min read

Is local news actually hollowing out? We asked the people watching it happen — Image created with AI (Google FX)

News

Is local news actually hollowing out? We asked the people watching it happen

A six-year study of Reach plc has put hard numbers on what many in local news have long suspected: that original, local reporting is being squeezed out of Britain's biggest local newspaper group. We put the findings to an independent hyperlocal, a rival publisher, and Reach itself

By Marcela Kunova • 6 min read

Having a crisis of confidence? You're not the only one — Luisa Baldini (inset) reporting live for BBC News the inauguration of Pope Francis (2013)

News

Having a crisis of confidence? You're not the only one

Are we all faking it until we make it? A former BBC correspondent lifts the lid on her anxieties presenting live news and what you can do to feel more confident at work

By Jacob Granger • 4 min read

Journalism and media awards in 2026 — JUK is a proud winner of the Best B2B Newsletter 2026 award at the Publisher Newsletter Awards by Media Voices.

News

Journalism and media awards in 2026

Awards are a great way to have your hard work recognised by industry experts and celebrate your teams. Here is where you can apply this year. Hurry - deadlines are fast-approaching

By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read

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