Credit: Patrick Robert Doyle on Unsplash News How journalists and researchers can work together to solve news industry's problems While scholars have the power to prompt journalists to face uncomfortable professional truths, change is not always welcome By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Courtesy of The Mill: Dani Cole, trainee reporter (left) and Joshi Herrmann, CEO, founder and editor-in-chief (right) News Must-have skills for a media startup CEO: Joshi Herrmann of The Mill What does it take to be the leader of a new media business? We speak to the founder of a Substack newsletter publication with a fresh take on local news By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: The home of Fixers via Flickr News Four years on, BBC Local News Partnership is a success The UK pilot programme proved its value and has also inspired other countries to roll out their own local news initiatives By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Keenan Beasley on Unsplash News Five tools every journalist should try this year Whether you are back in the newsroom or still working from home, these apps and online platforms can make your life easier By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Courtesy of Jamil Khan (left) and Sabbir Ahmed (right) News How to set up a mobile-first newsroom With mobile news consumption on the rise, two MoJo experts from Bangladesh share tips on changing the way you think about creating content By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: chenspec from Pixabay News Headlines Network creates free workshops for journalists to support their mental health A new initiative provides courses and resources for newsrooms to help them address stress and burnout By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Courtesy of Will Media. From left to right, the Will Meets team: Paola Colombo, Alessandro Tommasi (CEO and co-founder), Paolo Bovio, Bianca Del Balzo, Luna Esposito. News Will Media is touring Italy to build trust with regional readers Rather than indulging in parachute journalism, the Milan-based news startup works with regional activists to set up live events and hear what local readers truly value By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Courtesy The Sun News James Slack: ‘Every journalist is appalled that the government is even considering doing something so draconian’ The Sun's deputy editor-in-chief talks about what impact the proposed overhaul of the Official Secrets Act could have on investigative journalism By Osama Gaweesh • 3 min read
Credit: An example of an ARTIFACT: photo of a Cathay Pacific passenger aeroplane hovering above the old Kai Tak airport of Hong Kong. Courtesy SCMP News South China Morning Post experiments with blockchain to record ‘shared human history’ The publisher will turn its archives into NFTs that can be viewed, collected and traded by the public. But why does this matter to a news organisation? By Marcela Kunova • 6 min read
Credit: Nick Fewings on Unsplash News How the Journalists’ Charity helps the industry affected by the pandemic "In 2020, fifteen journalists and their families were saved from homelessness because of our intervention." By James Brindle • 3 min read
Credit: Rich Smith on Unsplash News Ofcom: BBC One, ITV and Facebook are the most used news sources in the UK. In that order Ofcom's latest research into digital news consumption also found that the over-65s still prefer to get their news from TV, while those from minority ethnic groups overwhelmingly favour the internet By Melanie Weaver • 3 min read
News Preparing for the "cookiepocalypse" with first-party data strategies The end of third-party cookies has cast uncertainty over the digital advertising model. Publishers like News UK are taking proactive steps to safeguard their future By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
