Credit: Screenshot from Startups for News News Startups with innovative solutions for newsrooms can apply to global programme until 8 January Startups for News seeks applications from early-stage companies with products and services that can accelerate newsrooms By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
Credit: Image from pexels.com News Tool for journalists: DataProofer, for identifying errors in datasets This tool can save journalists time by automatically looking for and flagging up potential mistakes or missing information in their data By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
News 'We went for goofy': Lessons from Omrop Fryslân's first Facebook Live with multiple cameras The publisher used the platform for a festive hour-long live stream to look back on 2017 By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
News A virtual reality news game teaches the public about the Coventry Blitz The experience places viewers in the shoes of firefighters attempting to extinguish the blaze at Coventry Cathedral By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
News How ABC News is experimenting with comic book style storytelling The Australian publisher created an animated video and an illustrated article to help readers engage with its coverage of a South Korean cult By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
News Inside 'The race to zero emissions', Quartz's latest in-depth series and newsletter about carbon capture Akshat Rathi, science reporter at Quartz, explains how he developed a community around the series using newsletters, and the challenges he faced reporting on this long-term project By Mădălina Ciobanu • 5 min read
Credit: Screenshot from TRT World on Facebook News TRT World is growing in the US and Europe with social video explainers, interactive audio stories and 'fresh TV' 'If anybody walks into the room and tells you they know about digital strategy and this is the plan of how everything is going to work, they're probably lying to you' By Catalina Albeanu • 4 min read
News With its latest video series, The Washington Post wants to pull back the curtain on the reporting process 'How to be a journalist' aims to provide both resources and insights into various aspects of reporting, including whistleblowing and how to submit FOIA requests By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image from pexels.com News Google awards €20.4m to media projects in Europe as part of the fourth round of its Digital News Initiative More than 100 projects in 26 countries received funding to tackle monetisation and other challenges and opportunities facing the news ecosystem today By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
News New network for journalists aims to create a platform to investigate underreported stories Reporter At-Large is a community of experienced journalists whose stories have not been given space because of political reasons or newsroom dynamics By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot from Velapp News How to simultaneously shoot and edit highlight videos using Velapp This free iOS app enables journalists to quickly produce video content for social media By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
Credit: Image from pexels.com News 18 to 34 year-olds spend more time with newspapers in print than online, study finds Latest research from comScore and the National Readership Survey shows young people spend 30 per cent more time with the print edition of a newspaper brand than its online version By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
