News A guide to mastering 100wpm shorthand How to get up to speed with shorthand: freelance journalist Mamiyo Padi shares her top tips after reaching the milestone By Mamiyo Padi • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Thomas de LUZE on Unsplash News Give voice to 'more doctors and nurses, fewer politicians and pundits' if you want audiences to trust your covid-19 coverage Latest RISJ study reveals that 15 per cent of people in the UK consume almost no news and would not trust it even if it reached them. With a second wave looming, news organisations must rethink their strategy to keep news avoiders clued up By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Screenshot: The Progress Network News Tool for journalists: The Progress Network, for finding experts on societal solutions Looking for inspiration or new sources for reporting on what the world can do to solve its biggest problems? Look no further than this network of journalists, scientists, academics and other professionals By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Wes Hicks on Unsplash News A journalism student’s survival guide to online lectures Isolation and Zoom lectures are not the typical idea of 'university life'. But you can still acing e-learning By Emily Redman • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot: Corona Cyclips News Documenting India's migrant crisis with smartphones and bicycles Two mobile journalists pedalled 600km to share the stories of migrant workers who fled the Indian capital because of the coronavirus pandemic By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
Credit: Ben White on Unsplash News Under-35s feel 'less anxious' about getting news from trusted brands than on social media The covid-19 crisis strengthened the trust between recognised news brands and their audiences as the pandemic forced us to focus on what truly matters By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: www.atkinsondavid.com News How simple storytelling techniques can make you a better writer Add the human touch to your stories and readers will devour your copy By David Atkinson • 3 min read
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
