Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels News Three audio apps to turn your listeners' voices into podcasts and audio features There is more to audio storytelling than Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces. Three podcast creators experiment with lesser-known but clever apps By Damian Radcliffe • 5 min read
Credit: Zoriah on Flickr News Trauma reporting tips for journalists: telling stories of Afghan refugees Before delving into an interview, think about the impact of losing everything: family, home, country, livelihood, belongings, money, friends and wellbeing By Jo Healey • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by Simona Sergi on Unsplash News Quartz bets on newsletters to drive reader revenue The business news website is making changes to its three-year-old subscription programme as it sees three quarters of its readers converting to paying members because of newsletters By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: Christian Lue on Unsplash News I am a public service journalist: what can AI do for me? In this special series that focuses on journalism rather than algorithms, we look at how 10 European public service broadcasters overcome language barriers to share stories across the continent By Marcela Kunova • 6 min read
Credit: Omar Medina Films from Pixabay News How publishers can use audio to spark greater audience engagement Invite your readers, listeners and viewers into your newsroom By Damian Radcliffe • 5 min read
Credit: Courtesy of Govind Balakrishnan (above) CEO and co-founder of Curio News Must-have skills for a media startup CEO: Govind Balakrishnan of Curio What does it take to be the leader of a new media business? We speak to a former BBC strategist turned co-founder of a narrated journalism company By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
Credit: Melanie Deziel on Unsplash News What publishers need to know about the latest changes in Google search Understand the latest developments in SEO and help your best articles reach more readers By Marcela Kunova • 5 min read
Credit: (Left) BBC journalist Emily Maitlis by Gothick via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Licence. (Right) BBC journalist Fiona Bruce by Andrew Campbell via Wikimedia CC BY 2.0 Licence. (Both Images cropped to fit together) News Why we need more biographies of women journalists on Wikipedia The most-visited English language website has the power to help increase women journalists’ safety, credibility, recognition, inclusion and income By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash News Facebook for publishers: dos and don'ts when posting your stories The platform looks to reward positive posts with more visibility and punish those who spread clickbait and low-quality journalism. What does this mean for traffic-hungry media organisations? By Jacob Granger • 9 min read
Credit: Screemshot: Los Angeles Times reckons with its record on race and racism News "Apologies can be very important, but they’re only a first step to righting a wrong" LA Times launched an initiative last year to acknowledge past failings around reporting on black, Latino and Asian communities. Some readers were cynical about its intentions, but most met it with positivity - and some even renewed their subscriptions By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
Credit: Courtesy of Mike Donoghue (above) co-founder and CEO of Subtext News Must-have skills for a media startup CEO: Mike Donoghue of Subtext What does it take to be the leader of a new media business? We speak to the brains behind an SMS platform that connects journalists and news outlets with their audience By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Kolby Milton on Unsplash News WaPo and Social Spider use email to showcase the best - not just the latest - news stories Newsletters are seeing a resurgence as time-poor audiences call for a simpler way to cut through the noise of the news cycle By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
