Credit: Facebook News Facebook trains 33 community journalists, empowering UK local newsrooms As part of its Community News Project, the social platform delivered a two-day intensive training course to help freshly recruited local reporters hit the ground running By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by Helloquence on Unsplash News “When news organisations work together, the entire industry benefits” Newly launched collaborative forum Wire Club allows national news agencies to share resources, lower costs, and develop open-source tools By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
News Getty Images tackles the lack of female and non-binary voices in photojournalism The visual media company rolled out new projects and grants to empower women to tell visual stories that go beyond standard narratives By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Image by luctheo from Pixabay News How podcasts can help local newsrooms connect with their communities A small, rural French department of Yonne now has its own successful podcast. Can other community journalists follow suit? By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by Joseph Barrientos on Unsplash News The Economist uses sports coverage to grow its audience The business publisher took advantage of the lack of data-driven sports reporting in the UK to reach new readers and generate subscriptions By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
News Local news, LGBTQ+ and automotive journalism: here is your weekly journalism news update Pushed for time? Catch up with the weekly media news coverage from Journalism.co.uk By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by Anika Huizinga on Unsplash News Value My News to help UK-based hyperlocal publishers monetise content A new project aims to work with community journalists to help them find new revenue streams through content aggregation By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Karolina Grabowska from Pixabay News Robot journalists revive hyperlocal communities left behind by declining regional media “In most cases, the choice is not between a well-written text by a human journalist, or an automated article produced by a robot. The choice is between a robot text, or no text at all” By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
News The impact of AI on journalism and democracy Can algorithms help us foster democracy and quality journalism? Krishna Bharat, creator of Google News, certainly thinks so By Marcela Kunova • 5 min read
News Digital News Report, #GENSummit and mobile journalism apps: here is your weekly journalism news update Pushed for time? Catch up with this week's coverage from Journalism.co.uk By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Jesper Doub speaking at GEN Summit (13 June 2019) News Facebook plans to help news publishers generate revenue The social media platform will help media organisations monetise content, including a dedicated space for news and a Facebook-powered subscription tool By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: methodshop .com via flickr News How BBC Good Food used voice search analytics to cook up its first Alexa skill Use of voice devices is on the rise but it is still hard to publish on smart speakers (and not only because consumers cannot pronounce 'quinoa') By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
