Credit: Sky News News Sky News and BuzzFeed UK collaborate on livestreaming UK general election 2019 overnight show Why did a mainstream TV channel and a website best known for entertainment content team up? One wants to find younger news audiences, while the other wants to show it can do more than cat memes By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by Arnaud Jaegers on Unsplash News Election coverage: stop focusing on rival party leaders and start listening to local communities The US-based local newspaper Richland Source set up community meetings to listen to its readers, steer attention away from national politics and build stronger bond with its audience. Here is what UK outlets can learn from the Talk The Vote project By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Cassius Rayner News Five tips for shooting an on-the-road documentary with your mobile phone Award-winning cinematographer Cassius Rayner offers his lessons in filming in temperatures of up to 40°C and from the back of a moving vehicle By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive , UCLA Library. Copyright Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library. News LA Times posts historic images on a new Instagram account to engage younger news audience The US local news publisher leverages its past to build a new community of readers, garnering 5,000 followers in two months By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by Dan LeFebvre on Unsplash News Daily news podcasts proving to be an attractive proposition for advertisers A new report by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism reveals that news content is seeing the fastest ad spend growth in the podcast market - why? Because they are a hit with young audiences By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Charisse Kenion on Unsplash News 'Audience canvas': create an audience-first strategy Try this 45-minute audience growth method developed by Condé Nast and start turning fly-by readers into loyal followers By Jacob Granger • 7 min read
Credit: Pixabay News Breaking Into News competition brings life experience and diversity into newsrooms A finalist of the diversity initiative said that it is never too late to find your calling - and often it can provide crucial insights to a story By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Jaanus Jagomägi on Unsplash News BBC Shared Data Unit inspires data journalism teams across the UK to collaborate on public interest stories As the training scheme returns for 2020, Newsquest and JPI Media journalists are learning new data skills to better serve their local communities By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash News Newsrooms have five years to embrace artificial intelligence or they risk becoming irrelevant The LSE study finds that less than 40 per cent of news organisations have a dedicated AI strategy. Now it is the time to collaborate on best practices By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
News What Android device do you need for mobile reporting? Samsung, LG, Huawei or Xiaomi? Find out what mobile journalists are using By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Marcela Kunova News Bureau of Investigative Journalism fundraises to take the UK Government to court over Russian Report The non-profit organisation is crowdfunding £40,000 for a last-ditch effort to force the authorities to publish findings on Russian electoral interference before the British public votes in the 2019 general election By Daniel Green • 2 min read
News Dmitry Shishkin, chief content officer of Culture Trip, on converting subscribers, evergreen content and automated commissioning Ahead of the Newsrewired conference, Shishkin talks about what news publishers can learn from his career change into the world of travel content and production By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
