News In Sweden, Blankspot aims to cover underreported stories while promoting trust in journalism and media literacy The organisation has story-specific Facebook groups where the public can contribute their knowledge or follow journalists on reporting trips By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image from Kaleida News Kaleida launches The Attention Index, an open-source algorithm to measure the impact of stories The index looks at whether a story is featured prominently on the homepage and for how long, as well as how readers engage with it on Facebook, to measure attention By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
News Tool for journalists: Enigma Public, for finding and analysing public datasets This free platform lets users explore public datasets to find the information they need for their next project or investigation By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
News Vice News documentary shows viewers inside Argun prison in Chechnya, where gay men were allegedly tortured Hind Hassan, Vice News correspondent, explains how her team was able to produce video coverage investigating the anti-gay purge in Chechnya By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
Credit: Image from Pixabay News Audience trust in social media as a news source is falling, Reuters survey finds Tomorrow's News 2017 shows that news consumers are becoming more savvy to the spread of misinformation online By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
Credit: Image from Pixabay.com News Journalism students from 13 universities collaborated to cover the UK election results Some 40 students reported live from constituency counts around the country for the BJTC's Vote 2017 programme, broadcast on community radio stations and live streamed on the web By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
News Expressen TV continues to grow as it gears up to work on new online business channel 'We try to be a little bit edgy, brave, and tabloid. That is one big part of the future of news television for us' By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
News The Bureau Local held a hack day in five cities to investigate voter power ahead of the UK election 'We're in this era when people read numbers and notice a disconnect, so how does that actually affect their individual lives and those of various communities?' By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
News NBC launches experimental video hub for audiences on social media NBC Left Field's team of 12 will produce short documentaries and features on issues of interest to a global audience By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
Credit: Image from pexels.com News Scottish Parliament to debate a motion criticising handling of FOI requests from journalists An open letter in which 23 journalists criticise delays or refusals in FOI requests to the Scottish Government has also received cross-party support from MSPs By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
News The Daily Vox is using Instagram to tell the story of Ramadan 'We wanted to take our audience on a photographic journey – there is a lot of information about Ramadan that doesn't generally get into the public eye' By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
News CNN aims to engage both social media and TV audiences with its new political debate show CNN Talk is broadcast on CNN International and Facebook Live simultaneously, allowing viewers on social to interact with the debating TV panel By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
