News Hitting the reset button: The Economist aims to reach new audiences with 'ambassadorial' video The publisher has made a change to its digital distribution strategy while experimenting with different kinds of video formats in its Daily Watch feature By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
Credit: Image from Pixabay News Rhizome is working on an open-source tool to help archive digital content Rhizome hopes its Webrecorder software will make it easier to store visual records of information and materials posted on social media By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image by on Lassedesignen on Shutterstock. News 'We are going after our future readers' – Snapchat Discover and Facebook Live experiments at WSJ The publisher has been experimenting in the last year, gaining loyal readers and changing the newsroom's culture By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
Credit: Image from pexels.com News Why The Boston Globe is experimenting with livestreaming its website on Facebook The outlet sees live events that are of interest to a larger audience, such as the Super Bowl, as an opportunity for streaming its website on the social network By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image by petergerdes on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News How spatial audio can make your 360-degree videos more immersive Guide your audience's attention and give them a more realistic experience with spherical sound By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
News USC Annenberg students find new purpose for virtual reality in journalism Hell and High Water VR was produced based on research from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune to raise awareness of Houston’s vulnerability to coastal storms By Caroline Scott • 4 min read
News Be flexible and don't sensationalise: Advice for reporting on violence against women In this week's podcast, we take a look at the challenges of covering violence against women and how journalists should approach interviews with survivors By Catalina Albeanu • 1 min read
News In Europe, digital-born news outlets are more prominent in countries where legacy media is weaker, report finds Latest RISJ research highlights that newer publishers seem to be thriving in countries such as Spain and France, rather than the UK and Germany By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
Credit: Image from newsroom.fb.com . News Using Facebook reactions, Aftenposten's editor-in-chief assesses the network's editorial role What's there to like about Facebook, and what makes Espen Egil Hansen determined to work with the social network after his open letter to Mark Zuckerberg in September? By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
News 'You're holding a device that looks like a gun' – The dangers of mobile journalism in war zones Reporters often extol the benefits of mojo techniques and equipment, but Nick Garnett of BBC 5Live explains where this workflow can prove challenging and potentially dangerous By Caroline Scott • 4 min read
News The Bay Area Video Coalition aims to make the process of digitising analogue video more accessible to the public With funding from the Knight Foundation, BAVC will expand QCTools to help media organisations, filmmakers and academic institutions preserve analogue video footage By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
Credit: Image by scyther5 on Shutterstock News 'Too early to surrender' to the post-truth narrative, says Channel 4's Patrick Worrall Worrall, of Channel 4's FactCheck team, says the current 'post-fact' landscape is not irreversible By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read