News New toolkit helps journalists build trust through public collaboration The project provides a roadmap for news organisations seeking to bridge the gap between elite journalism and social media chaos, offering a third way that prioritises both truth and community engagement By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: rayul on Unsplash News Schibsted gives young audiences what they want: transparency on editorial decisions The Scandinavian media company is using innovative tools, including bullet-pointed explainers embedded in crime stories, to rebuild trust among young audiences and counter growing news avoidance By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Tobias Rademacher on Unsplash News Upgrade your journalistic practices to tackle climate crisis A new charter encourages media professionals to scrutinise lobbies, investigate causes of climate events and inform on solutions to ecological emergency By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash News How Nature and TBIJ measure the impact of their journalism The majority of journalists will tell you they got into the profession in order to help people and to make change. How can newsrooms measure if we are achieving this goal? By Catherine Edwards • 7 min read
Credit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay News 12 replies to common objections to using data in the newsroom Maybe you are trying to convince your colleagues or editor to embrace metrics. Maybe the data-sceptic is you. Either way here is how to address concerns around data By Marcela Kunova • 5 min read
Credit: Ricardo Arce on Unsplash News Why publishers must shift their focus from business to audience needs If you want to have a successful news company, stop looking at your competitors and obsessing over new products. Get to know your readers instead By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Courtesy of Ben Moe (above) CEO of Frame News Must-have skills for a media startup CEO: Ben Moe of Frame What does it take to be the leader of a new media business? We speak to the founder of an interactive journalism publication that has raised around $500k in investment By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: PDPics from Pixabay News Does truth equal trust? We like to believe that giving our audiences cold hard facts will win their trust. The reality is more complicated By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Lora Ohanessian on Unsplash News How to finance public interest news in the misinformation world Advertising money is not enough. From philanthropic funding to regulating social platforms, here are some ideas on how to fund news people really need but seldom buy By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Liza Pooor on Unsplash News Top experts publish 250 recommendations for fighting the 'infodemic' on social platforms From cures for coronavirus to conspiracy theories, social media is a hotbed of misinformation. A new report looks at fresh ways to counter the spread of harmful content that bring together tech companies, governments and civil society By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
News Unpublishing: who decides what news should last forever? The 'right to be forgotten' mentality seeps into the public perception of news reporting but most newsrooms are unequipped to deal with requests to delete stories. Between moral dilemmas and fears of censorship, what is the right way to respond? By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Flickr: Foreign and Commonwealth Office News Transphobia Project uses data visualisation to zoom in on outlets that spread biased transgender content The interactive chart will map journalists and publications that contribute to transphobia, assigning them a bias score and showing relationships between authors and publishers By Daniel Green • 4 min read
