Credit: Sky News News Sky News and BuzzFeed UK collaborate on livestreaming UK general election 2019 overnight show Why did a mainstream TV channel and a website best known for entertainment content team up? One wants to find younger news audiences, while the other wants to show it can do more than cat memes By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Flickr News Regional journalism students to cover UK election results for younger audiences More than 25 universities teamed up with BJTC to take part in reporting on counts from across the country during an eight-hour local community radio programme and to better represent the under-25s By Daniel Green • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Jerzy Morkis from Pixabay News 'I’m feeling like I am part of the community, I have something I can feel proud of' Many would give up if they did not make it into journalism by the age of 35. These two community reporters found new purpose in reporting local stories thanks to their perseverance - and Facebook funding By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Credit: Mousetrap Media/Christina Jansen News What skills will journalists need in 2020? Newsroom leaders from FT, CNN and Forbes reveal how they are preparing their reporters for the decade ahead and why it still matters to be able to pick up the phone By Melissa Spence • 3 min read
News 'Reality is the new quality' for reporting with mobile journalism Mobile reporter Yusuf Omar on why wearable technology is the best tool for citizen journalists to produce raw stories that audiences can truly relate to By Katie Orchard • 1 min read
Credit: Photo by Arnaud Jaegers on Unsplash News Election coverage: stop focusing on rival party leaders and start listening to local communities The US-based local newspaper Richland Source set up community meetings to listen to its readers, steer attention away from national politics and build stronger bond with its audience. Here is what UK outlets can learn from the Talk The Vote project By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
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News ‘Journalism is at risk because it is increasingly disconnected from society’ Jesper Doub, Facebook’s director of news partnerships, EMEA, on why the media is losing people’s trust and what we all can do about it By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
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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
