Credit: Pixabay News 'Unbias the news': Lack of diversity in journalism can lead to newsrooms missing out on important stories "When you tell a story as a journalist, you are taking out some aspects over others, and there is a certain bias when the newsrooms aren’t as diverse as the societies they serve" By Daniel Green • 3 min read
News Weekly journalism news update: design thinking, mobile journalism for local news and UK data units Pushed for time? Catch up with the weekly media news coverage from Journalism.co.uk By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash News Newsrooms have five years to embrace artificial intelligence or they risk becoming irrelevant The LSE study finds that less than 40 per cent of news organisations have a dedicated AI strategy. Now it is the time to collaborate on best practices By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
News Weekly journalism news update: Future News Fund, audience growth and fact-checking the US 2020 election Pushed for time? Catch up with the weekly media news coverage from Journalism.co.uk By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by Alexandre Debiève on Unsplash News The state of information in global newsrooms: tools and tech on the rise, but digital not the answer to everything A new report by the International Center for Journalists shows that although the number of journalists using social media verification tools has doubled in two years, newsrooms still lack tech specialists By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Dean Village, Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo by Clark Van Der Beken on Unsplash News Facebook Community News Project enabled local reporters to go back to basics - and it worked NCTJ's head of partnerships reflects on the mission and meaning of the local journalism scheme one year after its launch By Will Gore • 4 min read
Credit: Wikimedia Commons News International news publishers frustrated with UK Brexit coverage as audiences demand better information Reporters from Le Monde, the New York Times and Die Welt discuss why it is hard to satisfy global readers' hunger for quality reporting on the UK's withdrawal from the EU By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: Image: Courtesy Dataminr News Sponsored content: Using AI to break news faster Dataminr algorithms are helping reporters sift through the data and surface what is important through real-time alerts. This way, human journalists can concentrate on what they do the best - telling stories By Dataminr • 4 min read
Credit: The Stonehouse Voice News New community journalism project in Plymouth turns local residents into columnists A former national and regional editor has set up The Stonehouse Voice newspaper to offer local readers a more creative alternative in their news diet By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
News World News Day: Misinformation, mobile journalism and mental health To mark the day which celebrates the impact of news organisations everywhere, Journalism.co.uk rounds up ten of the most important industry trends By Daniel Green • 5 min read
News Cairncross: "The only question that matters is getting people to pay for news" To secure the future of journalism, the news industry needs to develop ways to make public interest reporting profitable or receive governmental support, says the author of The Cairncross Review By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Pixabay News New grassroots group aims to bridge the gap between tech and newsrooms Hack the Press helps journalists understand technology through expert talks and hands-on experience of creating new tools By Daniel Green • 2 min read