News What media innovators need to know about Newsrewired 2025 Next week, hear from top editors and leaders from Mill Media, Pink News, BBC, Sky News, The Telegraph and other major news outlets as they share practical ideas and solutions to help news organisations succeed in today's fast-changing world of digital publishing By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Mousetrap Media / Frank Noon News The freedom gap: what pay and class reveal about the future of journalism What threatens journalism is not just disinformation or hostile governments. It is who can - and who cannot - afford to enter the profession, writes news industry veteran François Nel By François Nel • 4 min read
Credit: Joshua Bratt / BBC News Newsrewired speaker spotlight: Naja Nielsen on innovation, leadership and Nordic media Former BBC digital director opens up about pioneering digital transformation and her next challenge at SVT in Sweden By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
News Will Hayward on his Substack journey: "I love covering Wales. You can have a big impact in a small country" Why the award-winning journalist left his staff role at Wales Online to launch a newsletter covering Welsh politics and current affairs By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by abdullah ali on Unsplash News Ethics, diversity, influence and digital transformation: 10 trends to watch in UK journalism A report by RISJ paints a picture of a media industry re-evaluating its purpose amid tech disruption and the lack of diversity By Jacob Granger • 8 min read
Credit: Courtesy Dennik N News 10 weeks, 10 promises, 24k new subscribers, 72% retention rate: lessons from Denník N’s subscription drive A Slovakian news organisation trialled a 'pay-what-you-want' offer. Even when offered for free, 78 per cent of new trial subscribers chose to pay By David Tvrdon • 6 min read
Credit: Frank Noon / Mousetrap Media News An introvert's guide to networking for journalists Stop checking your phone and hovering over the coffee stand. Start building valuable connections at events and conferences By Phil Clark • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by Gabriel McCallin on Unsplash News The climate crisis is being misreported — and there is no legal way to stop it (yet) UK press regulator IMPRESS calls for regulation akin to defamation and libel, where individuals can lodge complaints against news publishers for climate mis- and disinformation By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Andrea di Valvasone #ijf25 via Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0) . News How to use Telegram for online journalism investigations The private messaging platform is a hotbed for misinformation, but also a gold mine of sources, evidence and metadata, says freelance journalist Jane Lytvynenko By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Alex Cano #ijf25 via Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0) . News Perugia highlight: sustaining public interest news in a dicey media market Media hubs provide crucial support to news operations up against funding cuts, failing business models and authoritarian regimes. Collaboration, innovation, and impact are vital to keep them going By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: Francesco Cuoccio #ijf25 via Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0) . News Perugia highlight: how to learn from failure in your newsroom "We have to be open to failure otherwise no innovation gets done," say media managers who share their screw-ups and silver linings By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Francesco Cuoccio #ijf25 via Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0) . News YouTube content creator Johnny Harris shows how independent journalism can thrive Expect to start chasing the views to begin with, but make sure you are pursuing the stories you love too, says a journalist with 6.5m YouTube subscribers By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
