News Opinion | What does GB News mean for the UK media landscape? The Conversation's Chris Waiting looks at the impact of the newly launched TV station on trust in news By Chris Waiting • 3 min read
Credit: Courtesy Reuters Institute News Reuters Institute Digital News Report: 'Overall, we feel quite optimistic about where the industry is heading' The pandemic has given the media a renewed sense of purpose reflected in increased public trust. But the news still proves hard to monetise By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Lyn Averson, Mount Studio via Creative Commons News Nuseir Yassin: 'Media brands must focus on human stories or they will lose out to social content' The vlogger behind the Nas Daily brand with 40m followers urges news outlets to change the way they tell stories before opinionated content creators scoop up the audience's attention By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Foreign Office via Flickr News Investigative journalist apparently ‘unlawfully’ profiled by UK Foreign Office Britain’s Foreign Office allegedly gathered information on Declassified’s reporter Matt Kennard, before rejecting his freedom of information requests in what appears to be a breach of UK transparency laws By Declassified UK staff • 5 min read
Credit: courtesy of GB News News Andrew Neil: "Britain is only the first market for GB News" The opinion-led TV channel wants to prove to its investors that audiences want rolling commentary more than news updates. If it succeeds, it may export this model abroad By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Courtesy Wolfgang Blau (pictured) News Covering climate change: what can journalists learn from the pandemic? The climate crisis and covid-19 share many similarities - they are scary, intangible, and difficult to explain. Reuters Institute’s Wolfgang Blau talks about best practices to bring environmental stories to your audiences By Osama Gaweesh • 4 min read
Credit: The Old Bailey (above). Amanda Slater on Flickr via Creative Commons Licence News How will covid-19 shape the future of UK court reporting? Many court reporters have made do with Skype calls to cover legal proceedings during the pandemic. Despite ropey connections and bad audio, this could help renew interest in the field By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: engin akyurt on Unsplash News Trauma reporting: telling the stories that matter, better When covering covid-19, underprepared journalists risk doing more harm than good By Jo Healey • 3 min read
Credit: "Police Scotland" by Ninian Reid on Creative Commons News New policing and crime publication launches in Scotland The 1919 Magazine will cover highly charged political subjects, offering opportunities to freelancers who are having a hard time during the pandemic By Anthony Coote • 2 min read
Credit: Giacomo Carra on Unsplash News How covid-19 has accelerated encroachments on media freedom On World Press Freedom Day, Damian Radcliffe looks at how governments around the world leveraged the pandemic to undermine public trust in journalism and science By Damian Radcliffe • 7 min read
Credit: Courtesy Sanny Rudravajhala (pictured) News Learning the IPSO codes? Add this podcast to your revision material Listening to engaging audio storytelling about media law may be just what you need to keep that knowledge locked into your brain By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash News RISJ trust report: redefine your public image or bad actors will do it for you The latest Trust in News Project paper finds that journalists and readers are not always on the same page when it comes to building a trusting relationship By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
