Credit: By Mike Labrum on Unsplash News The do's and don'ts of reporting on death and grief Press regulator IMPRESS explains some key guidelines journalists should follow to avoid intrusion into grief By IMPRESS • 3 min read
Credit: Tim Loudon via Creative Commons News What is the future of the BBC's funding model? The debate around the licence fee being scrapped by 2027 prompted questions around how the public broadcaster should be financed and what its journalism should look like By Joseph Cummins • 5 min read
Credit: Photo by Utsav Srestha on Unsplash News New IMPRESS code recommendations focus on balanced and accurate community reporting The industry regulator asked the public about what standards newsrooms should be observing in a world of fast-moving information and easy-to-reach sources. The first results are in By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Courtesy The Sun News James Slack: ‘Every journalist is appalled that the government is even considering doing something so draconian’ The Sun's deputy editor-in-chief talks about what impact the proposed overhaul of the Official Secrets Act could have on investigative journalism By Osama Gaweesh • 3 min read
Credit: Courtesy Bureau Local News Help the Bureau Local to investigate covid grants fraud An investigative journalism network is looking for reporters and members of the public to help probe local authority accounts By The Bureau Local • 1 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: Courtesy Sky News. Pictured: Deborah Haynes News Deborah Haynes: 'The online environment is a hostile environment' The Sky News foreign affairs editor has investigated invisible threats facing nations and members of the public. But journalists can also get pulled into the firing line and must be wary of dodgy job offers and online trolls By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Pixabay News Who pays when a journalist is bribed? Corruption in the media is still a largely taboo topic. But corporations seeking positive spin never stop looking for inexperienced or unethical reporters By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: © 2019 European Union. Photographer: Peter Biro. News How coronavirus has affected humanitarian journalism Travel bans meant that newsrooms had to work with local reporters, and bringing humanitarian crises to an already-overwhelmed audience was always going to be a hard sell By Emily Cole • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot: A video timeline of the crackdown on protesters before Trump’s photo op by The Washington Post News Inside The Washington Post's award-winning visual forensic team "It is a mistake to create this bifurcated world of text and visuals when so many huge news stories play out in a way where they are caught on camera" By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: U.S. Secretary of Defense via Flickr News British government apologises for blacklisting Declassified UK In an unprecedented move, the UK Ministry of Defence has apologised to the investigative outlet while Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said he is treating the apparent blacklisting with "utmost seriousness" By Declassified UK • 3 min read
Credit: Bill Oxford News A searchable court case database aims to improve reporting on public interest stories No more stories getting missed in long PDFs. UK court reporters will be able to instantly look up defendants' names and upcoming hearings By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
