News RISJ Digital News Report 2024: Three essential points for your newsroom Top insights about paying for news, audiences' views on AI, social and video platforms, user needs and trust in news By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Jack Finnigan on Unsplash News RISJ Digital News Report 2024: Five trends to watch in the UK When it comes to the news, Britons are reluctant to pay for it, worn out by it and are not sold on the idea of AI helping it (yet) By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: Mousetrap Media / Frank Noon News Why TikTok star Sophia Smith Galer created an AI tool to help journalists make viral videos In this special series that focuses on journalism rather than algorithms, we look at Sophina, the chatbot that turns text into viral video scripts, based on the success of a journalist and content creator with 17 million likes By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Mousetrap Media / Mark Hakansson News Social media-inspired content strategies for your newsroom Young people like authentic, bite-sized content on their news feeds By Naomi Owusu • 3 min read
Credit: Dani Cole News Nimble, disciplined and different: How The Mill is swimming against the tide of journalism hardships The Substack startup will have six regional publications by the end of 2024, following investment last year, expanding and hiring at a time of newsroom closures and job layoffs By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Created with Imagen News Keeping the conversation clean: How AI helps the Financial Times moderate comments In this special series that focuses on journalism rather than algorithms, we look at how automation steps in to clean up comment sections, freeing human moderators to find hidden gems and help build a thriving reader community By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Brendan O'Neill News 'My colleagues helped me through the hardest story of my career' Sky News senior producer James Scurry says that trauma-informed journalism matters for people both inside and outside the newsroom By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
News 'Give freelance journalists the due respect - and money - we deserve' A deafening call came from the Society of Freelance Journalists' packed session at the International Journalism Festival: freelancers feel taken for granted, underpaid and mistreated By The Society of Freelance Journalists • 3 min read
News Five things lecturers wish they knew before teaching journalism "Be prepared to question, adapt or abandon some of your cherished assumptions about what the industry gets right and wrong" By Lewis Eyre • 3 min read
Credit: Mousetrap Media / Frank Noon News 'Journalism is extraordinarily resilient in the face of pressure and change' From AI to audience apathy, to job losses and disinformation, journalists will always find a way to even the odds, says Fiona O'Brien of Reporters Without Borders, in our closing keynote at Newsrewired By Fiona O'Brien • 4 min read
Credit: Mousetrap Media / Frank Noon News The Journalism Trust Initiative is rewarding transparent and trustworthy news The Reporters Without Borders' scheme is working on new ways to support news practices - find out how your newsroom can reap the rewards By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Mousetrap Media / Frank Noon News The Journalists' Charity says it is needed now more than ever New starters and industry professionals in need are being encouraged to seek financial support from the charity By Lewis Eyre • 1 min read
