News New resource helps US newsrooms address the 'dramatic decline of local journalism' Northwestern Local News Initiative, a $1million funded 'sustainability campaign', wants to help local news organisations deal with core issues such as newsroom cuts and revenue gaps By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
News ‘We learned not to treat everybody the same’: why The Independent chose a membership-style model over paywalls Independent Minds is the latest tier in the publisher's subscription model that aims to bring readers closer to their journalists with exclusive comment threads By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
News How news app Kinzen will enable users to create their own daily news routine People are invited to join the pre-launch community over the next two months, testing pre-release versions of its iOS app By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
News Five free proofreading tools that every journalist should know about Clean up clunky phrases and grammar mistakes with tools to help keep your work clear and coherent By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
News Subscription models, traditional techniques and open-source initiatives: Here is your weekly journalism news update Pushed for time? Catch up with this week's coverage from Journalism.co.uk By Caroline Scott • 4 min read
News ‘There was nothing high-tech about it’: The Washington Post’s viral counter-sting video shows that ‘old fashioned journalism’ still has its place today Speaking at Conspiracy Logan Symposium, Stephanie McCrummen, Washington Post, says ‘people have lost touch with what journalism is’ By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
News With local investigative journalism increasingly under threat, do we need new business models for news? Something needs to change to sustain local democracy campaigns like #makethemcount says Megan Lucero, director of the Bureau Local, speaking at News Impact Summit Cardiff By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
News When did you last talk to someone with different views than yours? Three international journalists share their experience of interviewing people with views fundamentally opposed to their own By Brindusa Ioana Nastasa • 3 min read
News How Refinery29 are moving 'off the grid', driving innovation through an audience-first approach Tamar Riley, director, marketing and audience development, Refinery29, underlines the importance of focus groups and audience insights in the decision making process By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
Credit: Image by The Economist News The Economist's print edition launches a dedicated data journalism page for better visual storytelling 'Graphic detail' will publish stories through charts, maps and infographics in the newspaper By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
News 'The greatest data project you’ve never heard of': inside the Yemen Data Project The open-source initiative gathers unofficial data on air strikes, pushing for transparency on the Yemen conflict By Giulia Dessi • 2 min read
News Aesthetic journalism: Overcoming censorship and documenting Syrian conflict with a sketchbook Award-winning artist and writer Molly Crabapple explains how investigative journalism and visual art complement one another at the Conspiracy Logan Symposium By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
