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
Credit: Photo by spanner on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News 200 women speakers you need at your next journalism event to avoid all-male panels Let's relegate all-male panels to the Mad Men era where they belong By Abigail Edge • 8 min read
Credit: Photo by Elliott Stallion on Unsplash News New resources to help journalists fight elections misinformation Use this tracking tipsheet from US-based fact-checkers Newsguard to stay on top of the main trends in misleading voters around the world By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot via Parliamentlive.tv News Five key takeaways from the UK select committee on the future of news News executives say that the industry is facing pressure from all directions: generative AI, the business model and relationships with big tech companies. But not everyone agrees on solutions By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: Photo by Sagar Rana on Unsplash News How young leaders can shape the future of the media industry LadBible, FT Strategies and boom saloon talk about the challenges and opportunities in modern leadership By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Guildford Dragon / Martin Giles News The first UK local news publisher gains charitable status Volunteer-run Guildford Dragon can now seek philanthropic funding and tax relief for providing the local community with public interest news By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
