Credit: Mark Hakansson / Marten Publishing News Breaking through the growth ceiling: how The New Statesman and Dennik N went from stagnant to soaring Slovakia's Dennik N broke three years of subscriber stagnation with an innovative anniversary campaign, while The New Statesman transformed podcasts from a side project into a powerful growth engine – both offering valuable lessons for media companies hitting plateaus By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
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Credit: Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash News How harsh should we be with work experience applications? Two journalism students emailed us using the wrong company name in the same week. I binned both applications. Did I do the right thing? I asked our community to weigh in By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
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Credit: Courtesy of Kyiv independent (above), in an editorial meeting in November 2021 News What does it take to do service journalism during the war in Ukraine? Secure communications and global fundraisers are two of the things helping Kyiv Independent do vital work in the most challenging of circumstances By Catherine Edwards • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by Nicolas Raymond on Flickr News Tools and resources for journalists covering the Ukrainian war We rounded up resources for fact-checking and trauma reporting on Russia's war in Ukraine By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: TotalShape on Pixabay News Mental health and journalism: how Headlines Network is helping burst the taboos The first series of workshops by the pilot project brought together more than 100 journalists to tackle the media industry's poor track record in talking about mental wellbeing By Hilal Seven • 2 min read
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Credit: Courtesy of Kiran Nazish (above) founder of the Coalition for Women in Journalism News What can be done to support women journalists targeted for doing their jobs? The Coalition for Women in Journalism is hard at work helping reporters most in danger out of Afghanistan amid the Taliban takeover but many are still in urgent need of help By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Courtesy of Jamil Khan (left) and Sabbir Ahmed (right) News How to set up a mobile-first newsroom With mobile news consumption on the rise, two MoJo experts from Bangladesh share tips on changing the way you think about creating content By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
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