Credit: European Union 2025 News How EU-focused news outlets are thriving after Brexit Brexit created unexpected opportunities for independent European journalism - and some outlets are making it work By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
News 14 must-attend sessions at IJF Perugia So many talks, so little time. We help you decide which talks to tune into for this week's landmark journalism festival By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
News #JournalismMatters: The challenges of journalism in exile History is repeating itself in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, writes veteran investigative journalist Carlos Chamarro on World News Day, who runs a Nicaraguan media outlet from Costa Rica. Dictators are criminalising the press By Carlos F. Chamorro • 3 min read
Credit: Paul Kagame via Flickr sourced under Creative Commons licence News WAN-IFRA: Five challenges to press freedom On World Press Freedom Day, we highlight some of the findings from the latest World Press Trends Outlook published by the World Association of News Publishers By Damian Radcliffe • 5 min read
News BBC journalist Clive Myrie on diversity, impartiality, press freedom and mental health "I didn’t set out to be a totem for the black community, but if I am encouraging younger black kids to get into this business: that’s wonderful" By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: Photo by Valery Tenevoy on Unsplash News RSF: Detentions and killings of journalists on the rise An all-time high of 533 detained journalists this year paints a bleak picture of media crackdown and censorship, says the latest report by Reporters Without Borders By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
Credit: Sir Harold Evans 2 Shankbone 2009 NYC blog (Creative Commons Licence) via Wikimedia News Reuters and Durham University launch global fellowship to unearth generational talent The Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship in Investigative Journalism honours the life of one of the greatest British newspaper journalists of all time. One exceptional, early-career candidate will be mentored by a top Reuters editor By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Solen Feyissa on Unsplash News Why do news publishers struggle to embrace TikTok? Although media outlets are trying to attract younger audiences, very few venture onto the short video platform with more than 1 billion users worldwide, nearly half of whom are under 24 By Joseph Cummins • 4 min read
Credit: Dave Kim on Unsplash News Journalists covering the Beijing Winter Games 'should use burner phones and avoid downloading TikTok' With strict zero-covid policy safety measures and increased surveillance, press coverage of the Olympics may just become a "sportswashing" opportunity for China By Joseph Cummins • 4 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: Barefoot Communications on Unsplash News Yes, we need to regulate Facebook. But how? Between inadequate efforts to fight misinformation and opaque decisions around content moderation, voices demanding tighter regulation of the social platform are growing stronger. The trouble is, we cannot agree on who should be in charge By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Alessio Jacona via Flickr . Pictured: Alan Rusbridger at the International Journalism Festival News Rusbridger: Facebook needs to be cut some slack on news and regulation The Facebook Oversight Board member defended the company’s approach during a forthright debate with the journalist Carole Cadwalladr and author Jillian York, organised by EJN By Matt Walsh • 3 min read
