Credit: Pexels News US reporters use SMS to reach local audiences with coronavirus coverage Subtext, a service that allows readers to receive texts directly from local reporters, has seen its subscriber numbers triple in five days as the public seeks relevant covid-19 updates By Daniel Green • 2 min read
Credit: Clifford Photography on Unsplash News Decrypt experiments with own cryptocurrency in search for independent revenue stream The blockchain publication has launched its own token to become less reliant on online advertising. Added bonus: it rewards readers for their attention and builds a loyal community By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash News What does a Taiwanese digital news startup teach us about growth in a capped market? The News Lens has scaled its business despite audience and revenue constraints By Jacqui Park • 5 min read
Credit: Screenshot: Wips.digital Instagram News Argentinian mobile journalism startup uses homemade Instagram filters to reinvent social storytelling Wips.digital has taken a social-first approach to anonymous interviews on domestic violence and reporting around coronavirus By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Ron Smith on Unsplash News Why you need to integrate solutions journalism to your covid-19 reporting now "Through the power of how we frame stories, the news can feed a downward spiral of disengagement and survival self-interest, or it can feed an upward spiral of engagement, compassion, and altruistic action." By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Unsplash News How to report on the coronavirus pandemic, whatever your beat Many journalists who have not previously covered health find themselves absorbing new information about scientific methods and medical jargon. Here is how to overcome common hurdles By Daniel Green • 2 min read
Credit: Flickr: Foreign and Commonwealth Office News Transphobia Project uses data visualisation to zoom in on outlets that spread biased transgender content The interactive chart will map journalists and publications that contribute to transphobia, assigning them a bias score and showing relationships between authors and publishers By Daniel Green • 4 min read
Credit: Unsplash News App for journalists: Impresso, for creating animated posts for Instagram With younger audiences increasingly getting news through social media, this app helps you create engaging stories for different platforms By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: Gino Crescoli from Pixabay News Need a source for your next story? This platform puts experts on speed dial ExpertFile database can help newsrooms find the ideal interviewee and get them on the phone in a fraction of the time By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Pete Linforth from Pixabay News Protocol - the 'Politico for tech' - wants to bring unbiaised news to decision-makers As the tech sector became a new global power centre, the newly launched publication aims to break and cover stories from the heart of the industry without political dogma or partisanship By Daniel Green • 3 min read
News How to use social-native storytelling to break and cover news on Instagram Former audience editor at BuzzFeed News World and QuickTake shares her strategies to engage the under-25s with hard news, politics and international current affairs By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Laurence Bogle and Publisher Podcast Awards News What makes a successful news and current affairs podcast? The host of The Week Unwrapped reflects on winning its category at the Publisher Podcast Awards By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
