Credit: Foreign Office via Flickr News Investigative journalist apparently ‘unlawfully’ profiled by UK Foreign Office Britain’s Foreign Office allegedly gathered information on Declassified’s reporter Matt Kennard, before rejecting his freedom of information requests in what appears to be a breach of UK transparency laws By Declassified UK staff • 5 min read
Credit: ApolitikNow via Flickr News Deepfakes, disinformation and detection: How can journalists know what is real? AI experts and data journalists discuss what can be done to stop the spread of manipulated video and text By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Sky news. Pictured: Alex Crawford News 'Anger at "fake news" can stop journalists from admitting - and correcting - their errors' Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford calls on all media professionals to fight "for the good name of our profession" with transparency and honesty By Osama Gaweesh • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Firdouss Ross on Unsplash News Decisions, decisions: weighing up long-term revenue models in digital publishing Reuters, La Repubblica and The Sunday Times set out to find new ways to monetise their content By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Batchelor at English Wikipedia , via Creative Commons News Licence fee, accountability and overseas opportunities central to BBC's future The public broadcaster is thinking of new ways to cash in on its growing presence at home and abroad. But first, it needs to deal with scandals and balance sheets By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: courtesy of GB News News Andrew Neil: "Britain is only the first market for GB News" The opinion-led TV channel wants to prove to its investors that audiences want rolling commentary more than news updates. If it succeeds, it may export this model abroad By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Lalmch from Pixabay News 'Actionable user needs' make for more efficient newsrooms Too often, the bulk of stories amounts to a fraction of traffic. A new report by smartocto shows how data can be used to create articles your readers want By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Rodion Kutsaev on Unsplash News Direct publishing: what you need to know about this new technology News outlets can now connect with their mobile audiences directly, without the interference of algorithms or bad actors, whilst taking back control over brand, ad revenue and data By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Courtesy Wolfgang Blau (pictured) News Covering climate change: what can journalists learn from the pandemic? The climate crisis and covid-19 share many similarities - they are scary, intangible, and difficult to explain. Reuters Institute’s Wolfgang Blau talks about best practices to bring environmental stories to your audiences By Osama Gaweesh • 4 min read
Credit: The Old Bailey (above). Amanda Slater on Flickr via Creative Commons Licence News How will covid-19 shape the future of UK court reporting? Many court reporters have made do with Skype calls to cover legal proceedings during the pandemic. Despite ropey connections and bad audio, this could help renew interest in the field By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
News How to identify new audience growth opportunities The Daily Star, The Times and Sunday Times, The Economist and The South China Morning Post have all created strategies to discover and attract younger and more diverse readers By Jacob Granger • 7 min read
Credit: Photo by Hannah Wei on Unsplash News The Economist creates a new revenue stream with online courses As the world got used to e-learning, the business news publisher spotted an opportunity for a new product aimed at time-poor, mid-career readers By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
