Credit: Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash News How has the pandemic changed media recruitment? While hybrid working allows employers to recruit from a wider pool of talent, some struggle to retain staff lured by the vast sea of opportunities By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Simona Sergi on Unsplash News Quartz bets on newsletters to drive reader revenue The business news website is making changes to its three-year-old subscription programme as it sees three quarters of its readers converting to paying members because of newsletters By Jacob Granger • 5 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
Credit: Courtesy of Will Media. From left to right, the Will Meets team: Paola Colombo, Alessandro Tommasi (CEO and co-founder), Paolo Bovio, Bianca Del Balzo, Luna Esposito. News Will Media is touring Italy to build trust with regional readers Rather than indulging in parachute journalism, the Milan-based news startup works with regional activists to set up live events and hear what local readers truly value By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: ULAB Communications Office. University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh campus (above) News Journalism students in Bangladesh are getting ready for the digital-first future with free online tools Instead of pushing expensive newsroom software, one university is putting free tools like Podbean, Tweetdeck, Revue and Canva at the heart of its newest media course so graduates can actually use what they have learned By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by Firdouss Ross on Unsplash News Decisions, decisions: weighing up long-term revenue models in digital publishing Reuters, La Repubblica and The Sunday Times set out to find new ways to monetise their content By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Courtesy Wolfgang Blau (pictured) News Covering climate change: what can journalists learn from the pandemic? The climate crisis and covid-19 share many similarities - they are scary, intangible, and difficult to explain. Reuters Institute’s Wolfgang Blau talks about best practices to bring environmental stories to your audiences By Osama Gaweesh • 4 min read
Credit: Boris Bobrov on Unsplash News What news publishers can learn from Silicon Valley It is time to ruthlessly focus on the future and move away from products and revenue models that are not going to work long term By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Courtesy Lily Canter and Emma Wilkinson News Virtual work experience scheme that pairs students with freelancers is back As budding journalists are still struggling to gain hands-on newsroom experience because of the pandemic, the initiative led by two UK freelancers offers 100 places to new mentees By Florence Freeman • 2 min read
News Facebook ban on news in Australia: "It caught us completely off guard" Facebook users cannot see or share news on the platform just days before vaccine rollout in the country. Newsrooms are now concerned for communities and older users who rely on Facebook for information By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Via Pexels News Have you got audience data? Good. Now use it Most newsrooms have two things: tons of web analytics and editors who do not really know what to do with it. Here is how to look for the answers in the right place By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by David Marcu on Unsplash News Six tips for independent journalists before deciding to go solo Starting your own Substack or Patreon sounds like a dream job. But have you thought it through? By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
