Left to right: Gabriela Keller, Laís Martins, Polina Bachlakova and Mayya Chernobylskaya News From manosphere to femicide: Investigating misogyny and violence against women What links football stars, spyware, and Spanish influencers? Explore how journalists are uncovering the hidden systems that enable violence against women — and the dangers they face in the process By Ana P Santos • 9 min read
Ann Hermes, photojournalist and visual storyteller News Humour and survival: A visual essay of US local newsrooms Ann Hermes has spent six years photographing the fading world of US local news, capturing the humour and humanity of newsroom life alongside the melancholy of an industry in retreat By Katerina Voutsina • 9 min read
Andrew Webb, founder of Connectopia. Copyright: Mark Hakansson / Connectopia News What does engagement actually mean in 2026? Publishers have spent years chasing clicks, optimising for reaction and borrowing social media's playbook. An exclusive media roundtable revealed an uncomfortable question: have we been measuring the wrong thing all along? By Marcela Kunova • 5 min read
Quick reads PA Media unveils QuickCheck: real-time context feed for live news It promises evidence-based checks for high-pressure newsrooms By Jacob Granger • 1 min read
Federica Cherubini (left, RISJ), Niamh McIntyre (centre, TBIJ) and Joanna S. Kao (right, Pulitzer Center) News The AI stories we tell – and the ones we don't Experts from TBIJ, Pulitzer Center and Bloomberg warn that without greater transparency, scrutiny, and collaboration, the media risks leaving audiences confused and powerful actors unchecked By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Quick reads UK Government launches £12m plan to revive local news A sweeping government initiative promises new funding, reforms to public notices and journalism career campaigns to tackle news deserts By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
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
