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
News Audiences, AI and audio apps: five talking points from Perugia The International Journalism Festival explored why platforms and publishers cannot seem to work together, how newsrooms are informing their work with readers, and why we have not yet reached the peak of podcasting By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
Credit: Created using Magic Media, a generative AI app by Canva News How do journalists really want to use generative AI? Analysing data and information is one of the most boring tasks but not many journalists are offloading it to the tech, finds a report by the Associated Press By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
News Daily Maverick closes down for 24 hours to protest against big tech's dominance The South African news organisation published zero news stories on its heaviest traffic day to show what the world without journalism would look like By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by Fajrina Adella on Unsplash News Journalists are happy to be disconnecting from platforms, should news organisations be worried? Before running headfirst into the next shiny piece of technology, newsrooms leaders must ask who will be impacted the most and what support they will need to keep going By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
News Newsrooms must step up their efforts to cover gender equality stories Annette Young, France 24 TV news presenter and host of the 51 Per Cent show, says that the rise of conservative views amongst young men is good reason to double down on coverage of women's rights By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Mark Hakansson / Mousetrap Media News What can news organisations do to win over consistent news avoiders? A new book looks at the audiences who never read the news. Co-author Dr Benjamin Toff says that newsrooms must think about fitting around the lives of busy, anxious and alienated people By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Wafa in contract with a local company (APAimages) via Wikimedia News Six career lessons in war and conflict reporting Rookie reporters can underestimate dangers when going for the big story. An experienced freelancer shares what a decade in the field has taught her By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
