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How to smash a fundraising campaign target, with Eliz Mizon of The Bristol Cable
The independent, co-operative local news organisation just hit its target to increase membership revenue by £60k in one year
Maria Breslin, editor of The Liverpool Echo, on covering the Southport stabbings and UK riots
"We're still here when the national media goes home, so the weight of responsibility is quite heavy"
Media analyst Thomas Baekdal: 'News publishers must stop fighting for the scraps of ad revenue'
As Google decides not to phase out third-party cookies after all, the news industry needs to reinvent its advertising model instead of competing with big tech head-on
Posted by Jacob Granger on 08/08/24Oliver Rouane-Williams of Ipswich.co.uk: 'I spent my life savings on launching a local news site'
A radical alternative to local newspapers has just launched in Suffolk: its writing is Axios-inspired, its domain names cost £25k and it has no ads, paywalls or cookies
Posted by Jacob Granger on 30/07/24Five podcast and newsletter lessons from leading publishers, with Media Voices
News organisations of all sizes can dip into niche topics and tap into to specialist audiences by going direct to people’s inboxes and earbuds
Posted by Jacob Granger, Esther Kezia Thorpe, Peter Houston on 22/07/24Banseka Kayembe of Naked Politics, on engaging Gen Z with political journalism
It is not enough to report on what is happening with politics. Young people want actionable information delivered to schools and colleges
Posted by Jacob Granger on 11/07/24The legacy of WikiLeaks, with award-winning journalist James Ball
Although Julian Assange is famously difficult to work with, he will be ironically best remembered for transforming investigative journalism into a collaborative field
Posted by Jacob Granger on 04/07/24RISJ Digital News Report 2024: User needs with Vogue and The Conversation
The annual study into media trends found that audiences are not getting the inspirational and entertaining news they need. Two newsrooms with mature user needs strategies offer their perspective on how to address this mismatch
Posted by Jacob Granger on 20/06/24Indie News Week: Hani Barghouthi of PINF on galvanising local communities
40 independent publishers are taking part in online campaigns and in-person events up and down the UK, in a combined effort to generate interest and revenue for community journalism
Posted by Jacob Granger on 06/06/24Newsrewired takeaways: fact-checking, Gen Z and public interest news in the run-up to the general election
Our flagship journalism conference explored new threats around misinformation, how to combat political apathy among young readers and how to sustain essential journalism
Posted by Jacob Granger on 28/05/24Newsrewired sneak peek: the guide to life after the newsroom, with Alison Gow and Mark Frankel
Whether you have been made redundant or need a fresh challenge, journalists can find work in non-reporting roles, self-employment, and other sectors. Here is how
Posted by Jacob Granger on 16/05/24Newsrewired throwback with Media Voices: leadership, AI and business models
What’s top of mind for today’s news leaders? Evolving at pace, finding your USP - but not burning out in the process
Posted by Jacob Granger, Esther Kezia Thorpe, Peter Houston on 09/05/24Future-proofing your newsroom, with Lucy Kueng
Media companies can no longer be something for everyone - but we can be everything to someone instead
Posted by Jacob Granger on 02/05/24Regulation, innovation and future-proofing: takeaways from Perugia on generative AI
Have news organisations learned the right lessons from working with platforms? Are newsrooms being too short-sighted in their applications for the tech? These questions and more were discussed at the International Journalism Festival
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How writing fiction has helped me deal with PTSD, with Northern Irish journalist Leona O'Neill
Writing a story about a supernatural hero serving justice to those whose crimes have gone unpunished helped Leona cope with witnessing the senseless murder of her peer, Lyra McKee