Credit: Photo by Lindsay Henwood on Unsplash News Financial Times' three-step plan to drive subscriptions During the lockdown, the business news publisher relaxed its hard paywall. Instead of losing its paying readers, it hit its yearly subscriptions growth goal in just three months By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Illustrations by Sarah-Leigh Willis. Credit: Jodie Jackson, 'Little Ruffle and the world beyond'. News New children's book helps introduce ideas of constructive journalism at home Negative news can affect kids as well as adults and lead to sadness or anxiety. ‘Little Ruffle and the world beyond’ aims to help families have discussions about what they see on the news By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
News Amanpour: 'authoritarianism is creeping westward where it has no business belonging' The CNN anchor has spent her career reporting from war zones and interviewing powerful politicians. Now, as the world is seeing a rise of authoritarianism, Amanpour warns journalists against complacency and mistaking neutrality for objectivity By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Screenshot from News Impact Summit News How to take your audience engagement up a notch in a pandemic: #NISAudience takeaways The News Impact Summit offered best practices on how news organisations have adapted strategies around audiences, business models and social media throughout covid-19 By Jacob Granger • 8 min read
Credit: Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels News App for journalist: JSafe, for reporting online abuse Do not suffer in silence. This app built for female, female-identifying and non-binary journalists allows you to report instances of harassment and trolling, and receive follow-up support By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Courtesy Julie Posetti News Julie Posetti: post-pandemic journalism will be 'more mission-driven, public service-focused, and audience-centred' To understand the impact of the pandemic on the media, ICFJ surveyed more than 1,400 journalists in 125 countries. We take a look at the first results and what they mean for the present and future of our industry By Marcela Kunova • 5 min read
Credit: Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash News How membership models give independent publications the creative freedom to thrive When the pandemic hit, gal-dem launched its membership early to offset the disappearance of ad revenue. It not only restored commissioning budgets at a crucial time, but meant editorial teams were no longer beholden to brands By Cameron Brooks • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by Shane Rounce on Unsplash News Solutions Journalism Network launches database to connect freelance journalists with editors The Talent Network enables newsrooms to commission stories from outside their pool of contacts and solutions-minded writers to find more work By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
News Diversity helps media regain trust of young news audiences The next generation of readers and viewers do not respond well to under-representation in news coverage By Eden Vered • 5 min read
News How did you get your first men's advice column? Rhys Thomas, City, University of London graduate and freelance journalist, tells us how he impressed Vice editors enough to land his own column on the website discussing personal issues affecting men By Cameron Brooks • 3 min read
Credit: George Becker from Pexels News UK publisher GRV Media just had its best quarter ever despite the pandemic Although the media sector is still shaken by the covid-19 crisis, the sports and entertainment publisher hit record advertising revenue. Its recipe for success during the crisis? Over-communicate, diversify and launch new projects By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Bruno van der Kraan on Unsplash News Independent journalists in India and Zimbabwe experiment with alternative funding to keep holding power to account Awards and accolades are nice but they do not pay the bills when facing press freedom restrictions. Two reporters turn to donors and non-journalistic gigs to keep their work sustainable By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
