Credit: Mousetrap Media/Christina Jansen News Using artificial intelligence to grow audience engagement during breaking news Both national and regional newsdesks can benefit from using tools like NewsWhip and Dataminr to respond quicker to unfolding events — but what does this mean for the accuracy of their journalism? By Ekta Khanchandani • 4 min read
Credit: Reni Eddo-Lodge with Paris Lees, one of the previous WBW winners. Courtesy WBW News Words By Women returns in protest of gender imbalance at the British Journalism Awards Some UK publications still struggle to recognise and put forward the exellent work by their women journalists. One awards event run by women aims to put that right By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive , UCLA Library. Copyright Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library. News LA Times posts historic images on a new Instagram account to engage younger news audience The US local news publisher leverages its past to build a new community of readers, garnering 5,000 followers in two months By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by Dan LeFebvre on Unsplash News Daily news podcasts proving to be an attractive proposition for advertisers A new report by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism reveals that news content is seeing the fastest ad spend growth in the podcast market - why? Because they are a hit with young audiences By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Social Spider News Independent journalist launches new hyperlocal title to serve London communities At a time when regional publications are struggling, a new print and online title EC1 Echo has set up in the UK capital By Daniel Green • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by Charisse Kenion on Unsplash News 'Audience canvas': create an audience-first strategy Try this 45-minute audience growth method developed by Condé Nast and start turning fly-by readers into loyal followers By Jacob Granger • 7 min read
Credit: Unsplash News Reuters Connect partners with seven more national news agencies to localise its international coverage New partners from Turkey, Malaysia and Argentina will supply - and receive - multimedia user-generated content and breaking news from the smaller pockets of the world By Daniel Green • 2 min read
Credit: Mousetrap Media/Christina Jansen News Lessons from Culture Trip's content engagement strategy for addressing user needs The travel media startup has found success in understanding what audiences are searching for and commissioning content based on that data — but what does this mean for news organisations? By Delmar Terblanche • 3 min read
Credit: Mousetrap Media/Christina Jansen News 'Less talk, more action': Why newsrooms must respond to the growing need of diverse representation When reporters from working class and minority ethnic backgrounds are made to feel welcome, it can help news organisations thrive By Camomile Shumba • 3 min read
News Six tips to improve your radio and podcast interviews Learn how to pick the right guests and not over-edit the conversation By Damian Radcliffe • 4 min read
Credit: Pixabay News Breaking Into News competition brings life experience and diversity into newsrooms A finalist of the diversity initiative said that it is never too late to find your calling - and often it can provide crucial insights to a story By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
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
