Credit: Alexey Savchenko on Unsplash News What publishers can learn from gaming Newsgames are time-consuming and costly to produce but they offer dopamine hit that can bring in a new, loyal audience By Joseph Cummins • 4 min read
Credit: Marsham Street (The Home Office), Westminster, London (2000–5) by Terry Farrell and Partners. Accessed via Creative Commons News Five tips for reporting on the UK Home Office A government PR-turned-journalist provides inside advice on gaining access to a ministerial department trying to crack down on leaks By Joseph Cummins • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Phil Botha on Unsplash News Is AI text-to-image technology blurring the lines between fact and fiction? The software can create believable pictures based on a few text inputs and has led to the spread false images on social media By Joseph Cummins • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Christian Lue on Unsplash News Which Twitter features are most useful for journalists? Moments, Spaces, Fleets, Notes, Tiles, Circles. Twitter is increasingly betting on products which appeal to writers - but it is a mixture of hits and misses By Joseph Cummins • 6 min read
Credit: QueerAF News QueerAF bets on membership revenue to finance its mission to fix ‘broken’ LGBTQAI+ media The newly launched ad-free publisher offers LGBTQAI+ journalists a platform and mentorship to help build up their profiles and get commissions By Joseph Cummins • 3 min read
Credit: The Matter of Food on Unsplash News The truth sandwich: how to cover falsehoods from official sources "Just reporting" what was said does not cut it anymore. Journalists need to fact-check official statements before repeating them to stop perpetuating misinformation By Joseph Cummins • 3 min read
Credit: Solen Feyissa on Unsplash News Why do news publishers struggle to embrace TikTok? Although media outlets are trying to attract younger audiences, very few venture onto the short video platform with more than 1 billion users worldwide, nearly half of whom are under 24 By Joseph Cummins • 4 min read
Credit: Saffu on Unsplash News What does Google’s new ‘page experience’ metric mean for publishers? From February, pages that load quicker will be ranked higher on search engines. This will impact content-dense news websites By Joseph Cummins • 4 min read
Credit: NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Flickr News How to make the most out of the video press conference Online pressers are here to stay so make sure you get your questions answered by the tiny speakers on Zoom By Joseph Cummins • 3 min read
Credit: Dave Kim on Unsplash News Journalists covering the Beijing Winter Games 'should use burner phones and avoid downloading TikTok' With strict zero-covid policy safety measures and increased surveillance, press coverage of the Olympics may just become a "sportswashing" opportunity for China By Joseph Cummins • 4 min read
Credit: Tim Loudon via Creative Commons News What is the future of the BBC's funding model? The debate around the licence fee being scrapped by 2027 prompted questions around how the public broadcaster should be financed and what its journalism should look like By Joseph Cummins • 5 min read
