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
Credit: Photo by Priscilla Du Preez ???????? on Unsplash News Journalists worry opening up about mental health will impact their career - we must change that Admissions of vulnerability lead to a better quality of work and culture, says experienced journalist Hannah Storm in her new book. Colleagues and leaders alike both have a role to play here By Jacob Granger • 8 min read
Credit: Photo by Tobias Tullius on Unsplash News How The Bureau of Investigative Journalism is reporting on the link between Big Tech and governments A recent investigation into Russia using facial recognition technology to identify dissidents shows how surveillance is becoming more sophisticated By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: screenshot via The New Humanitarian's Yemen Listening Project News Audiences, sources and strategies: Inside The New Humanitarian's Yemen Listening Project The non-profit newsroom garnered 100 detailed, personal accounts of how the civil war in Yemen is affecting day-to-day life for citizens and the diaspora By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
News Economics woes affecting UK press freedom, RSF World Press Freedom Index finds Mass job layoffs are hindering independent journalism and the ability of newsrooms to hold power to account By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Robert Downs/INMA News Axel Springer CEO on OpenAI deal: 'We must protect intellectual property of news content' Mathias Döpfner says generative AI "has the potential to completely destroy our businesses as we know them or bring them to the next level" By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Robert Downs/INMA News Trusted news brands matter more in the age of AI, say media executives In a world of information overwhelm, audiences put premium on human-made content and curation By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
