News Working with its members, Republik wants to show there is demand for reader-funded journalism in Switzerland 'We want to make the reporting visible and understandable, because a lot of people don't know what a journalist does and what the criteria and requirements of this work are' By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
Credit: Image from the Google press office News Google launches News Initiative, investing $300 million to help publishers tackle subscriptions and misinformation Over the next three years, the Google News Initiative will focus on projects such as MediaWise, Disinfo Lab and Subscribe with Google By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
News The Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab is working to elevate podcasts with a new player for the mobile web 'We wanted to find out where the opportunity is for people to engage with podcasts and where they would actually prefer to just have the audio by itself' By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
Credit: Image from pexels.com News Women's Advancement Deeply is using WhatsApp to let readers experience the lives of women in developing countries The experiment will run on International Women's Day, giving people an insight into the life of women in Myanmar, Nigeria and Pakistan By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
News Looking 24 hours ahead: Q&A with cartoonist Matt Pritchett on his 30th anniversary at The Telegraph 'Many cartoonists feel like they are commentators on events.... I'm not like that, I feel my role is just to try as hard as I can to make people laugh' By Mădălina Ciobanu • 5 min read
News Bureau Local announces fund to support local reporting from journalists and members of the public Successful applicants will receive up to £5,000, as well as support from the Bureau Local's team and network, to work on their stories By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
News Seattle's KUOW is hosting 'Ask A...' conversations to foster empathy and understanding between communities The engagement initiative facilitates discussions between groups of people that have been 'othered' by the media, politicians or the public By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Screenshot from The Upside on the Guardian News With its latest series The Upside, the Guardian will focus on solutions journalism in five key areas The project will feature the people and innovations tackling climate, healthcare, gender, science and technology, and community leadership By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
News One day, 5 cities, 160 people: Inside the Bureau Local's investigation into local budgets 'I think the important part for us to bring to this community gathering is that journalism isn't about the what, it's about the why' By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Journalism.co.uk News Speakers from CNN and Reuters to share insights at newsrewired, 7 March Eliza Mackintosh, digital producer at CNN International, and Tessa Kaday, senior product manager for video at Reuters, will discuss mobile-first journalism and best practices for online video respectively By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Alex Parkyn-Smith News The Bristol Cable secures funding to expand its approach to community-driven journalism The grant from the Omidyar Network will enable the publication to diversify its storytelling formats and to deepen member participation By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
Credit: Image from pexels.com News German publishers are concerned the EU's ePrivacy Regulation is putting their digital advertising revenue at risk, study finds The Association of German Magazine Publishers (VDZ) found news websites expect their revenue from native and programmatic advertising, as well as digital subscription sales, to drop By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
