News Personality is everything: How Quartz made its chat bot more 'human' Zach Seward, senior vice-president of product and executive editor, explained the "conversational interface" behind the Quartz app at the ONA conference in Denver By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
News Why solutions journalism is guiding editorial decisions at The Huffington Post The publisher has found stories that explore solutions to problems, rather than just the issues themselves, resonate better with its audience By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
News Media24 is training students in South Africa to set up news websites for their schools The organisation's WeCan24 project is providing schools across the country with the skills and tools needed to set up news websites By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
News Google launches YouTube Player for Publishers as part of the Digital News Initiative in Europe A group of news outlets have been testing the product since December, and the player is now open to all European publishers By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
News How news organisations are collaborating to cover the US elections The Leading European Newspaper Alliance (LENA) is giving journalists 'free hand to find stories from the sidelines, which usually go under-reported due to a lack of resources,' said president Javier Moreno Barber By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image from Pixabay News First Draft Partner Network launches to connect media and technology companies to improve social newsgathering The network will host a series of summits where partners can share their experiences of finding and verifying information online and collaborate to find solutions By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Snapchat News How to integrate Snapchat into your social media strategy Start to use the popular social media tool to engage millennial audiences By Caroline Scott • 4 min read
News Distributed news: 3 takeaways from a discussion between digital editors and technology companies Who gets a seat around the table in the early stages of product planning, and what are they asking for? By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
News How memberships can work for non-profit journalism The Texas Tribune and The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism are working to identify what value they could provide to members who support their journalism By Mădălina Ciobanu • 6 min read
News BBC Business aims to attract new audiences on social with 'news you can use' The CEO Secrets video series is successfully bringing people back to the BBC Business News homepage, and has even built an avid following of its own By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
News Slate's membership strategy focuses on 'providing more value' to niche audiences Slate Plus has gathered 16,000 members since its launch in 2014, giving them access to additional segments of their favourite podcasts and member-only series By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
Credit: Image by Sheff on Shutterstock. News How to get started in mobile journalism Mobile journalists and trainers shared their tips and starter advice at the Mobile Journalism Conference in Dublin By Catalina Albeanu • 5 min read
