Left to right: Gabriela Keller, Laís Martins, Polina Bachlakova and Mayya Chernobylskaya News From manosphere to femicide: Investigating misogyny and violence against women What links football stars, spyware, and Spanish influencers? Explore how journalists are uncovering the hidden systems that enable violence against women — and the dangers they face in the process By Ana P Santos • 9 min read
Ann Hermes, photojournalist and visual storyteller News Humour and survival: A visual essay of US local newsrooms Ann Hermes has spent six years photographing the fading world of US local news, capturing the humour and humanity of newsroom life alongside the melancholy of an industry in retreat By Katerina Voutsina • 9 min read
Andrew Webb, founder of Connectopia. Copyright: Mark Hakansson / Connectopia News What does engagement actually mean in 2026? Publishers have spent years chasing clicks, optimising for reaction and borrowing social media's playbook. An exclusive media roundtable revealed an uncomfortable question: have we been measuring the wrong thing all along? By Marcela Kunova • 5 min read
Federica Cherubini (left, RISJ), Niamh McIntyre (centre, TBIJ) and Joanna S. Kao (right, Pulitzer Center) News The AI stories we tell – and the ones we don't Experts from TBIJ, Pulitzer Center and Bloomberg warn that without greater transparency, scrutiny, and collaboration, the media risks leaving audiences confused and powerful actors unchecked By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: Francesco Zaffarano, former organiser of #HHLDN News Source Code: the spirit of Hacks/Hackers LDN is back with a new name One of London's best-loved gatherings for journalists and technologists is returning after a pandemic hiatus, reborn as Source Code, and ready to pick up exactly where it left off By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
News Lessons from Independent Studio: standing out in podcasts' shift to video In a world where ‘everyone’ has a video podcast, how do you stand out from the crowd? By Olivia Foster • 5 min read
News Why graduate entry into online publishing has never been harder "For a UK graduate, the dream of joining a thriving, mid-sized digital publication is being erased by a search engine that prefers to scrape and summarise content rather than reward the humans who wrote it" By Vic Daniels • 2 min read
News We tested out AFP's AI slop detection tips on our own AI-generated event write-up Head of innovation and AI projects Sophie Nicholson advises newsrooms to have robust verification workflows, keep a human in the loop and be transparent about your mistakes By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
The new Ipswich.co.uk community newsroom on Upper Brooks Street, Ipswich town centre News Ipswich.co.uk arrives in the town centre: "We wanted somewhere that could be transformed" £85k has been invested to put news desks and a professional sound-engineered studio in the middle of prime footfall traffic By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
News From bullied autistic kid to TikToker: a journalist who went viral by being himself Nicholas Fearn was told as a child that autism would stop him from achieving anything. Now he's a freelance journalist with a TikTok following to rival some broadcasters - and he's only just getting started By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Top: Rachel Duffy, Harriet Meyer, Kassy Cho, Anita Zielina, Erika Marzano. Bottom: Leona O'Neill, Mili Semlani, Sofia Delgado, Kiran Nazish, Luba Kassova News IWD: 25 stand-out women in journalism The theme of this year's International Women's Day is "Give to Gain" - celebrating the power of generosity. We take a moment recognise those who have given so much to us, our community and the news industry By Jacob Granger • 12 min read
Photo by Umberto / Unsplash News 10 publications that allow you to republish their work for free These news outlets, networks and blogs publish content under Creative Commons licences, giving you free access to qualified and specialist knowledge under certain conditions By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
