Credit: Photo by Florian Krumm on Unsplash News Your comment section is only as good as your editorial strategy We should be thinking critically about engaging with audiences and owning the platforms By Adriana Lacy • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash News 'Conscious commissioning': what The Times learned from deep analysis of its journalism From reducing wire content by 20 per cent to training business reporters in visual storytelling, the news brand has made some bold, data-driven changes to its editorial By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Pixabay News App for journalists: PhotoGrid, for creating eye-catching images on Instagram As audiences flock to Instagram and TikTok for visual content, this app helps you create beautiful vertical stories to drive engagement By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: Courtesy Ivana Jeremić News New platform launches to support investigative journalists in south-eastern Europe Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has created a new tool - BIRD - to provide resources and legal assistance to journalists in the region while reporting on and documenting attacks on the media By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Unsplash News Five tips to get started with mobile journalism Smartphones give you the power to report live from almost everywhere, film interviews and edit footage on the go By Bernhard Lill • 8 min read
Credit: Pexels News UK charity turns secondary school students into budding reporters As part of a drive to improve media literacy, The Student View has teamed up with Google and the Financial Times to help pupils get bylines on local publications By Daniel Green • 4 min read
Credit: Courtesy TBIJ News Reporting with people, not on them: how The Bureau Local took a story full circle To get in-depth insights into homelessness, investigative journalists used the concept of 'radical hospitality' By Rachel Hamada • 5 min read
Credit: Credit: By lendingmemo on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Crowdfunding platforms for journalists With newsrooms looking for new ways of financing their journalism, what platforms can they use to fund their next big project? By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Egor Shitikov from Pixabay News How can we make local, independent journalism sustainable in 2020 (and beyond)? US-based Santa Barbara Independent is experimenting with a paywall for online subscribers to keep its free weekly community newspaper afloat By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Credit: Photo by Barbara Provenzano on Unsplash News 10 tips for introducing mobile journalism into local newsrooms Smartphones allow journalists to report from a crowd because they are lightweight and discreet By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
Credit: Solutions Journalism Network News How to speed up solutions journalism The Solutions Journalism Network's most prolific contributors offer 14 tips to save time on reporting By Julia Hotz • 5 min read
Credit: Image by flaart from Pixabay News Half of publishers bet on reader revenue as their main income stream in 2020 The latest RISJ report found that the media industry is turning towards more sustainable business models while podcasting revenue is projected to grow by 30 per cent a year By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read