Credit: Photo by Tomasz Frankowski on Unsplash News Future News Fund launches £2m pot for public service journalism following Cairncross Review The Government-funded initiative enables local and regional media to prototype and accelerate new approaches to audience engagement and sustainable business models By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Pexels News "This is what local journalism should really look like" US independent publisher Detour Detroit organised 'watchdog workshops' where local residents learned to investigate the landlords buying up property in their neighbourhood By Daniel Green • 2 min read
News First thoughts and early impressions on the Facebook News tab The new feature promises revenue and reach for a selection of news publishers - but does the industry think it is an olive branch or a PR exercise? By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
News Weekly journalism news update: Cairncross, Facebook News and advice for young investigative journalists Pushed for time? Catch up with the weekly media news coverage from Journalism.co.uk By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
News Cairncross: 'Experimental’ funding models will teach news publishers what readers are prepared to pay for The media industry should take note of the new approaches by 'micropayment' platform Axate and subscription-only sports publisher The Athletic, says the author of The Cairncross Review By Daniel Green • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot: Un gioco di società Milano News 'A game of society': Why a group of Italian journalists turned Instagram into a board game Using Instagram posts and Stories Highlights, 'Un gioco di società' reveals to social media users the urban development of Naples, Rome and Milan By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
News App for journalists: Otter.ai, for transcribing interviews on the go This free audio-to-text app saves you the trouble of transcribing quotes from your last interview By Daniel Green • 1 min read
Credit: Photo by Farshad Rezvanian on Unsplash News How Solutions Journalism Network's LEDE Fellowship helps international projects take off INKLINE is one of 21 new recipients of the scheme - it will use grant funding to pay journalists to find out how six different continents are responding to the climate crisis By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash News How to add IGTV videos into series on Instagram The new feature keeps audiences watching your video content - here is how to set it up By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Flickr News 'Old, educated and politically diverse': why public broadcasters struggle to reach a broader audience The competition posed by social media and online-only news outlets is making public broadcasters, like BBC, increasingly irrelevant to young readers, a RISJ report has found By Daniel Green • 2 min read
News Weekly journalism news update: Podcasting, subscription models and Newsrewired Pushed for time? Catch up with the weekly media news coverage from Journalism.co.uk By Daniel Green • 2 min read
Credit: Courtesy Twipe News How can news organisations drive reader habits? Here are three main takeaways from the Digital Media Summit around experimenting with news products that make audience come back for more By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
