Credit: Francesco Zaffarano, former organiser of #HHLDN News Source Code: the spirit of Hacks/Hackers LDN is back with a new name One of London's best-loved gatherings for journalists and technologists is returning after a pandemic hiatus, reborn as Source Code, and ready to pick up exactly where it left off By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
News Lessons from Independent Studio: standing out in podcasts' shift to video In a world where ‘everyone’ has a video podcast, how do you stand out from the crowd? By Olivia Foster • 5 min read
News Why graduate entry into online publishing has never been harder "For a UK graduate, the dream of joining a thriving, mid-sized digital publication is being erased by a search engine that prefers to scrape and summarise content rather than reward the humans who wrote it" By Vic Daniels • 2 min read
News We tested out AFP's AI slop detection tips on our own AI-generated event write-up Head of innovation and AI projects Sophie Nicholson advises newsrooms to have robust verification workflows, keep a human in the loop and be transparent about your mistakes By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
Quick reads dmg media unveils a subscription bundle for partners to boost retention dmg media has launched Stack, a new subscription bundle that brings together three of the UK’s most influential publications -DailyMail+, The i Paper, and New Scientist -under one offering By Marcela Kunova • 1 min read
Quick reads Full Set and Fuller partnership to publish journalism in book format An independent book publisher and global newsroom team up to produce journalism in ebook, audiobook and paperback form By Jacob Granger • 1 min read
Quick reads New competition offers £12k cash prize to the next star of magazine journalism Journalists aged between 18-to-25 can apply to The British Society of Magazine Editors' new Young Writers' Prize for a shot at the money - plus a one-year mentorship with a top UK columnist By Jacob Granger • 1 min read
The new Ipswich.co.uk community newsroom on Upper Brooks Street, Ipswich town centre News Ipswich.co.uk arrives in the town centre: "We wanted somewhere that could be transformed" £85k has been invested to put news desks and a professional sound-engineered studio in the middle of prime footfall traffic By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
News From bullied autistic kid to TikToker: a journalist who went viral by being himself Nicholas Fearn was told as a child that autism would stop him from achieving anything. Now he's a freelance journalist with a TikTok following to rival some broadcasters - and he's only just getting started By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Quick reads £50k crowdfunder for trauma support of women journalists The Marie Colvin Journalists’ Network is raising £50,000 to provide urgent mental health support for women journalists, aiming to meet its goal by 12 January 2027. By Jacob Granger • 1 min read
Quick reads Axel Springer to acquire Telegraph Media Group in £575m deal German media giant Axel Springer SE has announced a deal to acquire the Telegraph Media Group (TMG), publisher of The Daily Telegraph, from RedBird IMI for around £575 million. The move is part of Axel Springer’s strategy to expand its international media portfolio and strengthen its presence in the English-speaking world. Both companies say the agreement will help maintain the Telegraph’s editorial independence and support its continued development as a leading voice in British journalism. Ax By Jacob Granger • 1 min read
