Credit: Courtesy Kapang TV News New platform Kapang TV brings hyperlocal content to 400 UK towns and cities The local media service will be delivered to British homes via broadband and will offer bespoke local advertising in a bid to become financially sustainable By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Callum Shaw on Unsplash News How to make news more engaging for younger audiences With the under-35s spending less than eight minutes a week reading news, the media need to rethink the news agendas, change tone of voice and reinvent story formats to win them back By Melissa Spence • 2 min read
News IDA, Microsoft’s new AI-powered tool, helps journalists collaborate on large datasets Finding one name in a sea of scanned documents or a video footage takes a lot of legwork. This new tool can speed up the process and supercharge collaborative data investigations By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Image by whoalice-moore from Pixabay News What makes a good publisher podcast? Access to experts, quality production and enjoyability: a recipe for what sets media shows apart, according to one of the organisers of The Publisher Podcast Awards By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Courtesy: Bloomberg Green News Bloomberg Media invests in climate reporting, launches new brand Bloomberg Green will produce global and solutions-focused coverage on a topic often weighed down by 'depressing' statistics By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Courtesy Ivana Jeremić News New platform launches to support investigative journalists in south-eastern Europe Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has created a new tool - BIRD - to provide resources and legal assistance to journalists in the region while reporting on and documenting attacks on the media By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Egor Shitikov from Pixabay News How can we make local, independent journalism sustainable in 2020 (and beyond)? US-based Santa Barbara Independent is experimenting with a paywall for online subscribers to keep its free weekly community newspaper afloat By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Image by flaart from Pixabay News Half of publishers bet on reader revenue as their main income stream in 2020 The latest RISJ report found that the media industry is turning towards more sustainable business models while podcasting revenue is projected to grow by 30 per cent a year By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Juliana Coutinho via Flickr News How to find under-reported topics that readers actually pay attention to The best editorial decisions are often based on data. A new tool, Parse.ly Currents, helps publishers identify which content audiences are searching for and engaging with By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Jerzy Morkis from Pixabay News 'I’m feeling like I am part of the community, I have something I can feel proud of' Many would give up if they did not make it into journalism by the age of 35. These two community reporters found new purpose in reporting local stories thanks to their perseverance - and Facebook funding By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
News ‘Journalism is at risk because it is increasingly disconnected from society’ Jesper Doub, Facebook’s director of news partnerships, EMEA, on why the media is losing people’s trust and what we all can do about it By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
News Facebook and Google team up with INSI to fight online harassment of journalists This unprecedented collaboration will create a dedicated communications channel between the world’s largest news outlets and the platforms where much of the abuse is posted By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
