News MoJoFest, Instagram Stories and paywalls: here is your weekly journalism news update Pushed for time? Catch up with this week's coverage from Journalism.co.uk By Daniel Green • 4 min read
Credit: Screenshots from The Economist Instagram News The Economist is using interactive data-driven Stories to widen its Instagram community The publisher has built a 3.4m following on the social media platform by using weekly news quizzes, native content and now multi-poll features By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Daniel Green. Sue Llewellyn and Waad Al-Kateab speaking at Mojofest (6 June 2019) News Voice for the voiceless: smartphones are the weapon of choice to tell stories from Syrian civil war Mobile journalism in the highly state-censored country has enabled people on the ground to reach international media - now it is set for the big screens By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
News Computational photography can enhance pictures but also produce fake news images With a few taps on your smartphone, you can change the time of day in a photo. Are these advancements spelling danger of doctored visuals? By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: methodshop .com via flickr News How BBC Good Food used voice search analytics to cook up its first Alexa skill Use of voice devices is on the rise but it is still hard to publish on smart speakers (and not only because consumers cannot pronounce 'quinoa') By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash News Online news gradually shifts away from free content and towards pay models RISJ report found that 69 per cent of US and European newspapers use some form of paywall - but that figure has only risen by 5.5 per cent in two years By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash News Know your rights: what should journalists do when their copyright is infringed? When you discover that your content has been used without permission, these are the steps to take to resolve the issue professionally and amicably By Daniel Green • 4 min read
News New speaker joins Newsrewired panel on diversity in the newsroom Robyn Vinter, editor-in-chief at The Overtake, will debate best practices for building a sustainable newsroom that speaks for those from under-represented backgrounds By Marcela Kunova • 1 min read
News Tool for journalists: Newsroom Transparency Tracker, for assessing trustworthiness of news 'Trust indicators' enable viewers to take a look at the people, practices and policies driving 52 regional, national and international media outlets By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: STILLFX News How power and privilege shape communities 10 tips on building bridges between the mainstream media and underrepresented voices By Destiny Alvarez • 4 min read
News Job interview tips, crowdfunding and IGTV: here is your weekly journalism news update Pushed for time? Catch up with this week's coverage from Journalism.co.uk By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: Instagram News How to upload horizontal videos to Instagram's IGTV Following Instagram's new update to support horizontal video content on IGTV, Journalism.co.uk jogs your memory on how to get started on the platform By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
