Credit: Screenshots from (top) Curveball, BBC Radio 1, Tortoise Media, (bottom) Borderline, The Economist, The New York Times News How to turn audio into an engaging social video Waveforms and quote highlights can be a great way to tease out the best soundbites from your podcast on social media. We round up some of the best examples from around the media industry By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Omar Medina Films from Pixabay News How publishers can use audio to spark greater audience engagement Invite your readers, listeners and viewers into your newsroom By Damian Radcliffe • 5 min read
Credit: Photo by Suzanne D. Williams on Unsplash News Newsrooms need to think more like tech giants If they want to survive and thrive, news companies must focus on what people really need from them and create products that go beyond journalistic content By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: Courtesy of Govind Balakrishnan (above) CEO and co-founder of Curio News Must-have skills for a media startup CEO: Govind Balakrishnan of Curio What does it take to be the leader of a new media business? We speak to a former BBC strategist turned co-founder of a narrated journalism company By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
Credit: Melanie Deziel on Unsplash News What publishers need to know about the latest changes in Google search Understand the latest developments in SEO and help your best articles reach more readers By Marcela Kunova • 5 min read
Credit: (Left) BBC journalist Emily Maitlis by Gothick via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Licence. (Right) BBC journalist Fiona Bruce by Andrew Campbell via Wikimedia CC BY 2.0 Licence. (Both Images cropped to fit together) News Why we need more biographies of women journalists on Wikipedia The most-visited English language website has the power to help increase women journalists’ safety, credibility, recognition, inclusion and income By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash News Facebook for publishers: dos and don'ts when posting your stories The platform looks to reward positive posts with more visibility and punish those who spread clickbait and low-quality journalism. What does this mean for traffic-hungry media organisations? By Jacob Granger • 9 min read
Credit: Screemshot: Los Angeles Times reckons with its record on race and racism News "Apologies can be very important, but they’re only a first step to righting a wrong" LA Times launched an initiative last year to acknowledge past failings around reporting on black, Latino and Asian communities. Some readers were cynical about its intentions, but most met it with positivity - and some even renewed their subscriptions By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
Credit: Courtesy of Mike Donoghue (above) co-founder and CEO of Subtext News Must-have skills for a media startup CEO: Mike Donoghue of Subtext What does it take to be the leader of a new media business? We speak to the brains behind an SMS platform that connects journalists and news outlets with their audience By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Kolby Milton on Unsplash News WaPo and Social Spider use email to showcase the best - not just the latest - news stories Newsletters are seeing a resurgence as time-poor audiences call for a simpler way to cut through the noise of the news cycle By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
News Journalists are exhausted and we need a safe space to talk about it Headlines Network has created free workshops to provide training and support for those who care about the mental wellbeing of themselves and their colleagues By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Courtesy Steve Gamel (pictured) News What makes a good writer? Human stories, active voice and an open mind Author of the new book "Write Like You Mean It" Steve Gamel shares his tips on perfecting your style and storytelling techniques By Marcela Kunova • 5 min read
