Credit: Alex Cano #ijf25 via Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0) . News Perugia highlight: sustaining public interest news in a dicey media market Media hubs provide crucial support to news operations up against funding cuts, failing business models and authoritarian regimes. Collaboration, innovation, and impact are vital to keep them going By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: Photo by James Yarema on Unsplash News News apps above average in leaking user data, report finds 87 per cent of magazine and newspaper apps, and 77 per cent of news apps, exposed user's sensitive information like Google and Facebook authentication tokens By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Screenshots via The News Agents (left) and Johnny Harris (right) TikTok accounts News Are plugs on social videos worth it? Changes to platforms and user behaviour make 'like and subscribe' calls to action at the end of clips less efficient. Here is what works and how to do it By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Daniel Ionescu (above) News Algorithms are the new gatekeepers of information. The news industry needs to get its act together Influencers and AI are becoming prominent sources of news and misinformation. Since regulation and self-regulation are not working, has anyone got any better ideas? By Daniel Ionescu • 3 min read
Credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America , CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons News It is time to rethink the media sustainability model If you are freaking out about the Trump administration ending USAID funding for newsrooms around the world, you may be asking the wrong question By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Created with Canva News Perplexity courts publishers with ad revenue share experiment The AI search engine expands its ad revenue share programme that pays publishers for their content being used in search summaries. But does it really level the playing field or simply create a new form of digital dependency? By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Vadim Bogulov on Unsplash News Building media literacy in the age of Zuck and Musk The way things are going with Meta and X, journalists will need to step up their efforts to combat misinformation in their communities. Here are tips from Oman, Kenya and Sri Lanka By Muskan Bansal • 4 min read
News What the news community says about Zuck’s plans to bin fact-checking Meta landed a Zuckerpunch to the media industry by ending Facebook and Instagram fact-checking ahead of the Trump administration By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash News Nine AI hacks for newsroom leaders to promote employee wellbeing Steal top media consultant Anita Zielina's cheatsheet to better project management, stress reduction and internal communication By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Frank Noon / Mousetrap Media News "No longer can a news outlet’s name guarantee the audience will come and stay" Journalism's survival is a must in the age of big tech, says former CNN anchor Nina dos Santos By Nina dos Santos • 5 min read
News Depth not scale: How Times Radio is building an engaged YouTube following News UK's digital broadcaster says that long watch times and hitting the right markets trump big subscription numbers By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
News Why DC Thomson's data journalists are keeping tabs on high street businesses "Trackers" help audiences stay on top changes to local business, while being a low maintenance source of evergreen and updatable content By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
