Credit: Marsham Street (The Home Office), Westminster, London (2000–5) by Terry Farrell and Partners. Accessed via Creative Commons News Five tips for reporting on the UK Home Office A government PR-turned-journalist provides inside advice on gaining access to a ministerial department trying to crack down on leaks By Joseph Cummins • 4 min read
Credit: Tetiana Bykovets on Unsplash News Tool for journalists: Omni Calculator, for fact-checking your maths Next time you need to convert millions to billions or a distance into the number of chocolate bars, this website has you covered By Marcela Kunova • 1 min read
Credit: Photo by Kristina Flour on Unsplash News Two UK investigative outlets are crowdfunding £40k to fight SLAPP TBIJ and openDemocracy call for funds to help them finance a legal battle designed to silence their public interest reporting on the former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis News How Reuters Connect evolved its model in response to covid-19 and Ukraine A news agency has to adapt when reporters are covering a global news story from home By Swagatika Priyadarshini • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash News How can newsrooms step back and truly listen to their readers? Taking a breather from the non-stop news cycle and actively listening to your audience can reveal which stories they want, how they want them and whether they are willing to pay for them By Jacob Granger • 8 min read
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Credit: by Fauxels/Pexels News How do narratives spread, and what does this mean for how we report the news? Global Voices is researching how different narratives spread and collaborating with tech platforms and news publishers to improve public access to accurate and informative news By Catherine Edwards • 5 min read
Credit: The Presidential Office of Ukraine (Creative Commons licence) via Wikimedia News 100 days of war: What has international media learned from covering Ukraine? Reporting on Russia's invasion has put media standards under the microscope. Experts from across Europe mull over what the media has got right and wrong, and how practices must change moving forward By Catherine Edwards • 5 min read
News Polarisation, first-party data, newsletters, AI and more: Here is the Newsrewired agenda There have never been more challenges - or more opportunities - for the journalism industry and the people who work in it. A star-studded line-up of 30 media experts awaits you at Newsrewired on 24 May at News UK HQ in London By Catherine Edwards • 5 min read
Credit: Courtesy of Kyiv independent (above), in an editorial meeting in November 2021 News What does it take to do service journalism during the war in Ukraine? Secure communications and global fundraisers are two of the things helping Kyiv Independent do vital work in the most challenging of circumstances By Catherine Edwards • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by Nicolas Raymond on Flickr News Tools and resources for journalists covering the Ukrainian war We rounded up resources for fact-checking and trauma reporting on Russia's war in Ukraine By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels News How can artificial intelligence help increase audience engagement with the news? Newsrooms can use new tech to solve a few headaches, like making science journalism more accessible or increasing reader loyalty with tailored content recommendations By Marcela Kunova • 5 min read
