News 7 stories for 7 years: Al Jazeera ran virtual reality workshops in Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp Journalists from the publisher's immersive media studio taught seven teenagers to tell stories in 360 degrees By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
News Reporters Without Borders launches The Journalism Trust Initiative to combat disinformation online The collaborative initiative aims to become the benchmark of media self-regulation and good practices, creating a list of trust and transparency standards By Caroline Scott • 1 min read
News Working with its members, Republik wants to show there is demand for reader-funded journalism in Switzerland 'We want to make the reporting visible and understandable, because a lot of people don't know what a journalist does and what the criteria and requirements of this work are' By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
News 'Shelter' around the world: Students from 22 universities team up for fifth Global News Relay to produce 7 hours of storytelling Each team will produce a 15-minute news segment with stories on homelessness, the refugee crisis and climate change By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
News The key role slow journalism plays in the 24/7 digital news cycle Rob Orchard, editor, Delayed Gratification, explains why being 'last to breaking news' can often help readers better understand the world around them By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
News Mobile journalism in the heat: A look at the Dutch documentary filmed in the Peruvian desert Twan Spierts, reporter, Omroep Brabant, explained why he went mobile when reporting on the toughest rally in the world By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
Credit: Screenshot from Gazeta Wyborcza on Facebook News Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza smashed through its digital subscriptions target The daily newspaper reported 133,000 digital subscriptions at the end of 2017 - boosted by refreshing its approach on Facebook and developing the skills of its staff By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
News How The Economist engages young audiences on Snapchat Discover Embracing Snapchat has 'led to the biggest step change' in its readership since The Economist was founded in 1843 By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
News The Credibility Coalition receives funding from Google, Facebook and Craig Newmark to expand its work assessing trust in journalism Through workshops and research, the group identified a number of credibility indicators that help readers determine if a story is reliable By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
News Hey Google, how can publishers engage audiences using voice-activated devices? Alexander Bregman, strategic partner development manager, product partnerships EMEA, Google, explains the current options available to news organisations By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
Credit: Image from the Google press office News Google launches News Initiative, investing $300 million to help publishers tackle subscriptions and misinformation Over the next three years, the Google News Initiative will focus on projects such as MediaWise, Disinfo Lab and Subscribe with Google By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
News How 45 journalists started again, and built a profitable news business from scratch Tomas Bella, head of online, Dennik N, explains how the Slovakian publisher created quality journalism that is sustainable and profitable in the longterm By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
