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
News New speaker joins Newsrewired panel on diversity in the newsroom Robyn Vinter, editor-in-chief at The Overtake, will debate best practices for building a sustainable newsroom that speaks for those from under-represented backgrounds By Marcela Kunova • 1 min read
News Artificial intelligence, Brexit and LGBTQ+: 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: Photo by Tyler Nix on Unsplash News The Times employs an AI-powered 'digital butler' JAMES to serve personalised news The publisher uses machine learning to grow loyal audience by delivering editorial content in the right format, time and place By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
News New speaker announcement: Marverine Cole joins panel on diversity in the newsroom Join us on 27 November 2019 to find out why newsrooms struggle to better represent their audiences and how media can improve diversity to regain people's trust By Marcela Kunova • 1 min read