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Credit: Planet Volumes on Unsplash News Predictions for journalism in 2023: newsroom leadership, product, and revenue The second instalment of our annual predictions looks at the skills journalists will need in the year ahead and the news products that are likely to grow By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Behnam Norouzi on Unsplash News Predictions for journalism in 2023: audience expectations and user needs Trust towards, interest in, and willingness to buy the news all stand in the balance next year. Newsrooms with the best listening skills will come out top By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
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Credit: By Mimi Thian on Unsplash News How to level up your interview skills by learning to listen better It may be just part of the daily news cycle to you and your audience, but to your interviewees it could be a major or traumatic moment they are reliving. Active listening is the key to better stories and better treatment of sources By Catherine Edwards • 3 min read
Credit: News Literacy Network News Calling all media experts: join a network to help young children have better news diets The News Literacy Network wants to help the next generation make sense of the news - and it calls for experts in solutions journalism, slow journalism and fact-checking to help out By Jacob Granger • 3 min read