Credit: Image from the Google press office News Google launches News Initiative, investing $300 million to help publishers tackle subscriptions and misinformation Over the next three years, the Google News Initiative will focus on projects such as MediaWise, Disinfo Lab and Subscribe with Google By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
News From podcasts to chat bots: Engagement experiments at Harvard Business Review Maureen Hoch, editor, Harvard Business Review, explains how the publisher has been using emerging formats to get closer to audiences By Caroline Scott • 4 min read
News The Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab is working to elevate podcasts with a new player for the mobile web 'We wanted to find out where the opportunity is for people to engage with podcasts and where they would actually prefer to just have the audio by itself' By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
News 'Look for the sweet spot between news and context' – How to make your live streams more engaging Advice from newsrewired for avoiding 'long, rambling, open-ended, ill-prepared videos' By Aimee Louise Gabay • 4 min read
News New automated tool at Reuters helps its 'cybernetic newsrooms' find stories in data Launched today, Lynx Insight was developed after a consultation with journalists and helps surface facts and newsworthy items from the newswire's data By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
Credit: Image from Pixabay News 10 projects and opportunities covering women's issues around the world Following International Women's Day, add these stories to your weekend reading list By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
News The benefits of using voice-controlled devices for news distribution Smart speakers have had a fast adoption rate, but are they a good vehicle for news delivery and storytelling? By Aimee Louise Gabay • 2 min read
Credit: Image from pexels.com News Women's Advancement Deeply is using WhatsApp to let readers experience the lives of women in developing countries The experiment will run on International Women's Day, giving people an insight into the life of women in Myanmar, Nigeria and Pakistan By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
News Applying for the Digital News Initiative Innovation Fund? Here’s Google’s advice Ludovic Blecher, head of the DNI fund, gives his tips to those looking for financial support for their projects By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
News The Startups for News pitch battles have started You can now vote for your favourite startup that offers an innovative solution or service to newsrooms By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
Credit: Image from pexels.com News 5 ways newsrooms covered the Winter Olympics 2018 with interactives and data visualisations Graphs, illustrations, and conversational interfaces have all featured in publishers' coverage over the past few weeks By Vanessa Kress • 3 min read
Credit: Image from pexels.com News How audio journalism can boost engagement Data indicates that NOA's listeners love opinion and analysis style pieces, and a news-centric headline is unlikely to attract as much traffic By Guest author • 6 min read
