News Weekly journalism news update: How to 'unbias' the news, interactive timelines and solutions-based photojournalism Pushed for time? Catch up with the weekly media news coverage from Journalism.co.uk By Daniel Green • 2 min read
Credit: Pixabay News Tool for journalists: Timetoast, for creating interactive timelines of events Timeline visualisation helps audience understand the backstory and context of news. Here is how to create it By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: Unsplash News Unbalanced reporting: why giving airtime to extremist figures can fuel public support for their views In an age where populism is on the rise, parroting controversial views can contribute to spread of radical ideologies. So how can journalists cover these topics without amplifying hate? By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: Anna Boyiazis News Solutions photojournalism: “If you can capture all the problems with a photo, why can’t you capture the solutions?" A newly launched initiative by the World Press Photo Foundation seeks to inspire photojournalists to take up a solutions approach to visual storytelling By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Luisella Planeta Leoni from Pixabay News App for journalists: Curio, for turning text articles into audio files Tired of reading? Listen to a library of written articles from the Guardian, the Financial Times and the Washington Post with ease By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: BBC 5 Live News The Sista Collective: a BBC podcast that puts BAME women at the heart of key conversations Not all black women have a London accent - this BBC 5 live show has set out to reflect the diverse nature of BAME communities By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Ahmad Algohbary for Contrast News Al Jazeera uses 360-video to show the scale of destruction in Yemeni civil war Emmy-nominated 'Yemen's Skies of Terror' takes viewers into the heart of the conflict with powerful accounts from children on the front line By Daniel Green • 2 min read
News Weekly journalism news update: Virtual reality, WhatsApp audio briefings and TikTok Pushed for time? Catch up with the weekly media news coverage from Journalism.co.uk By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Pexels News 'Speculative journalism': why telling fictionalised stories can help us understand reality Climate statistics are alarming but hard to grasp. So 'climate fiction' tries to do what science news struggles with - make readers picture the future By Daniel Green • 2 min read
News Can TikTok save journalism? The Washington Post is set to find out With its funny videos and memes, the US news site amassed 78k followers in three months, even inspiring teens to want to become journalists By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash News The Telegraph is growing its subscriptions with WhatsApp audio briefings Commuters who engage with personalised voice updates are 12 times more likely to become paying subscribers, according to the publisher By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Pexels News Subtext allows US local journalists to connect with audiences through mobile messaging When readers can choose what stories they receive on their phones, they are more likely to open the message, engage with the content and even come up with further leads By Daniel Green • 2 min read
