Credit: Nico Piro News Lessons from Italy: best practices for field reporting during the coronavirus lockdown An Italian mobile journalist reveals how his experience of covering the Afghanistan War and the Ebola outbreak has shaped his crisis reporting By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: Clifford Photography on Unsplash News Decrypt experiments with own cryptocurrency in search for independent revenue stream The blockchain publication has launched its own token to become less reliant on online advertising. Added bonus: it rewards readers for their attention and builds a loyal community By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash News What does a Taiwanese digital news startup teach us about growth in a capped market? The News Lens has scaled its business despite audience and revenue constraints By Jacqui Park • 5 min read
Credit: Screenshot: Wips.digital Instagram News Argentinian mobile journalism startup uses homemade Instagram filters to reinvent social storytelling Wips.digital has taken a social-first approach to anonymous interviews on domestic violence and reporting around coronavirus By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Unsplash News New BBC explainer feature helps news readers understand complex topics From the climate emergency to the coronavirus, BBC News' innovation team created a new way to help journalists avoid repeating background information in every article By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: Ron Smith on Unsplash News Why you need to integrate solutions journalism to your covid-19 reporting now "Through the power of how we frame stories, the news can feed a downward spiral of disengagement and survival self-interest, or it can feed an upward spiral of engagement, compassion, and altruistic action." By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Unsplash News How to report on the coronavirus pandemic, whatever your beat Many journalists who have not previously covered health find themselves absorbing new information about scientific methods and medical jargon. Here is how to overcome common hurdles By Daniel Green • 2 min read
Credit: Unsplash News Turkish fact-checker experiments with offline formats to reach new audiences By producing videos for public transport, Teyit hopes to capture diverse groups of people lost to online algorithms By Daniel Green • 2 min read
Credit: Vektor Kunst from Pixabay News Swedish Aftonbladet uses automation to outpace competitors with its covid-19 news coverage With a growing number of coronavirus cases, the publisher calls on robots to break news first and drive reader engagement with exclusive coverage By Marcela Kunova • 1 min read
Credit: Flickr: Foreign and Commonwealth Office News Transphobia Project uses data visualisation to zoom in on outlets that spread biased transgender content The interactive chart will map journalists and publications that contribute to transphobia, assigning them a bias score and showing relationships between authors and publishers By Daniel Green • 4 min read
Credit: kyle smith on Unsplash News What can deep listening do for journalism? BBC's Crossing Divides Live event used deep listening to help foster meaningful conversations between people with completely opposing worldviews. Here is what it can do for your newsroom By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Unsplash News App for journalists: Impresso, for creating animated posts for Instagram With younger audiences increasingly getting news through social media, this app helps you create engaging stories for different platforms By Daniel Green • 3 min read
