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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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