Credit: Screenshots from WhatsApp, Lebanon? By The New Humanitarian News How The New Humanitarian covered the Lebanese economic collapse using WhatsApp WhatsApp, Lebanon? is a story of five young people on the poverty line, told through their WhatsApp messages and woven into a timeline of events By Jacob Granger • 7 min read
Credit: Photo by Kyrie kim on Unsplash News Save the date: Key dates for a journalist's calendar Circle these dates in your diary to boost personal productivity, plan your editorial coverage or just for some office fun By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: News Literacy Network News Calling all media experts: join a network to help young children have better news diets The News Literacy Network wants to help the next generation make sense of the news - and it calls for experts in solutions journalism, slow journalism and fact-checking to help out By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
News UCLan launches participatory project into the future of public interest news UK journalism faces issues of pay, audience trust, revenue and relationships with big tech, among others. Have your say on how these problems are tackled by participating in the University of Central Lancashire's forthcoming roundtable sessions By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Courtesy of SoGlos founders James Fryne (left) and Michelle Fryne (right) News "Your reader's trust is something money cannot buy" Regional media group SoPublishing says they have the blueprint to making local news content pay: first-party data acquisition and close connections with local businesses By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Image by Bogdan Sonjachnyi on Shutterstock News 30 Medium publications about journalism to follow Does your Medium daily digest need a boost? Check out these writers and publications tackling the challenges in the media industry By Catalina Albeanu • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash News How can newsrooms step back and truly listen to their readers? Taking a breather from the non-stop news cycle and actively listening to your audience can reveal which stories they want, how they want them and whether they are willing to pay for them By Jacob Granger • 8 min read
Credit: Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash News "Newsroom leaders need to have the mental health skillset on top of all the others" Headlines Network has been igniting conversations around mental health in journalism for the last year. It has found that young journalists are often behind pushes for better mental health support, but that managers need extra help to meet these needs By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Art Rachen on Unsplash News The FT launches cryptofinance section and newsletter following reader demand FT readers want to know about the main 'movers and shakers' in the digital asset industry. So the publisher created a one-stop shop and a subscriber-exclusive newsletter for all their crypto needs By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by ANGELA FRANKLIN on Unsplash News Journo-influencers are good for newsrooms, but they need support TikTok can be a place where reporters, newsrooms and consumers can all benefit from influencer-style content. But too few newsrooms embrace the opportunity, finds a report by Polis at LSE By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
News The Daily Mirror runs a week-long series focusing on disability stories 'Disabled Britain: Doing It For Ourselves' gave a disabled journalist and guest editor full autonomy to gut-check stories so that articles were not just trying to peddle inspirational or trauma stories By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Google News Showcase News Google News Showcase: Is it viable for the smallest of newsrooms? Guardian is the latest big signing to Google's latest bid to support news publishers. But is it asking too much for smaller newsrooms to join? By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
