The MediaStrong audience on 13 July 2026. Credit: MediaStrong News 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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News Redundancy resilience: How to bounce back from losing your job Ex-BBC exec David Thomas was made redundant twice and spent another 20 years coaching those going through the same pain: "Don't worry about having a master plan" By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
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News A thank you to our community: JournalismUK wins Best B2B Newsletter Award We are celebrating, but we won't get complacent: please continue to support our work to help us become the best we can be By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
News JUK audience survey: how are we doing? Share your thoughts and be in with a chance to win a trending book By Jacob Granger • 1 min read
Quick reads The Economist Play, a low-price subscription for audio, video, games and newsletters The Economist's new subscription tier pilots in Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, in a bid to attract 'globally-minded audiences' and adapt to changing news habits By Jacob Granger • 1 min read
Rhys Griffiths, founder of the Folkestone Dispatch. Credit: Andy Jones News 'Local media is stuck in a rut of negativity about its hometown' After being made redundant from his job at Kent Online, Rhys Griffiths launched a Substack local newsletter to appeal to ex-Londoners settling down on the Kentish coast By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Quick reads Super users dominate news app engagement, Pugpig report finds Users who engage with features like games, audio, video, search, save and sharing spend considerably longer in the app than those who don't By Jacob Granger • 1 min read
Sophie Millward (left) working as a cleaner for the BBC and (right) working as a journalist for the BBC News From bathroom to newsroom: My journey as a cleaner at the BBC to a journalist for them The parallel between scrubbing the loos and working as a journalist is hard work and attention to detail By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Photo by My Profit Tutor / Unsplash News Flashscore's World Cup playbook: Creators, data-driven news and real-time scores The live sports website has 125m monthly active users, and wants to net another 27m as the footballing nations take to the global stage By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Photo by Heidi Fin / Unsplash News DNR 2026: Five key takeaways for UK news publishers Here is how to tinker your newsroom strategy as Brits continue to be distrustful of news, unlikely to pay, but still value high-quality journalism By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
