News From monologue to dialogue: How Sky News is revamping the modern live blog In a past few days full of breaking news - from the Trump shooting to Southgate stepping down - live blog editor Jimmy Rice details how the news organisation provides minute-to-minute updates and easy catch-ups By Jacob Granger • 8 min read
Credit: Screenshots via TLDR News and Novara Media News Livestreaming, explainer videos and newsletters: Overnight election coverage with three new media companies "It makes the all-nighter worth it": Journalists at Novara Media, TLDR News, and The Edinburgh and London Minute talk about sacrificing sleep to cover the UK general election and give their audience something interesting to wake up to By Jacob Granger • 8 min read
Credit: Number 10 on Flickr sourced via Creative Commons 4.0 licence News How are news organisations covering the UK's general election 2024? Explainers, unorthodox interviews and Roblox have been used to inform the UK electorate ahead of polling day By Lewis Eyre • 3 min read
Credit: Damon Winter, The New York Times News NYT's Hannah Yang on subscription ceilings, international markets and news bundles The US publisher has 10.5m digital subscribers - 2m outside the US - and has its sights set on hitting 15m by the end of 2027 By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Local Authority / Ed Jennings News A two-person Substack newsletter got 550 people to turn up to local election events Medway's indie title, Local Authority, had packed out rooms for candidates to respond to voter questions ahead of the UK general election By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: The Audiencers / Poool / Seb Higgins News Five audience growth and revenue strategies from outside the UK How do you move print readers to digital? Are there other ways to hold on to subscribers besides a last-ditch deal? By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
News RISJ Digital News Report 2024: Three essential points for your newsroom Top insights about paying for news, audiences' views on AI, social and video platforms, user needs and trust in news By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Jack Finnigan on Unsplash News RISJ Digital News Report 2024: Five trends to watch in the UK When it comes to the news, Britons are reluctant to pay for it, worn out by it and are not sold on the idea of AI helping it (yet) By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: Dani Cole News Nimble, disciplined and different: How The Mill is swimming against the tide of journalism hardships The Substack startup will have six regional publications by the end of 2024, following investment last year, expanding and hiring at a time of newsroom closures and job layoffs By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Brendan O'Neill News 'My colleagues helped me through the hardest story of my career' Sky News senior producer James Scurry says that trauma-informed journalism matters for people both inside and outside the newsroom By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Mousetrap Media / Frank Noon News The Journalism Trust Initiative is rewarding transparent and trustworthy news The Reporters Without Borders' scheme is working on new ways to support news practices - find out how your newsroom can reap the rewards By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Mousetrap Media / Frank Noon News Ringier Media International entering into group-wide, AI-assisted user needs era New CEO Dmitry Shishkin's vision for titles across Central and Eastern Europe and Africa is automated copy suggestions and follow-up story recommendations to give audiences exactly what they want By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
