Credit: Photo by SpaceX on Unsplash News Launching your audience engagement strategy: lessons from Krautreporter's Playbook Are you looking to involve your readers in your reporting? The German engaged journalism publisher offers a how-to guide to get you started By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Jonathan Francisca on Unsplash News How AI can help predict subscription cancellation and keep readers engaged When readers hit a paywall at the right moment they are also more likely to subscribe. Clever algorithms now make this part of reader behaviour easier to understand By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Full Story Media News When is a press release worth pursuing as a news story? Some story pitches can lead to a worthy feature and some are better off in the trash folder - here is how to spot the difference By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: Courtesy Kapang TV News New platform Kapang TV brings hyperlocal content to 400 UK towns and cities The local media service will be delivered to British homes via broadband and will offer bespoke local advertising in a bid to become financially sustainable By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Bruce Mewett from Pixabay News How I gained three anchor clients in my first month freelancing A freelance journalist advises how to keep your business afloat in the choppy waters of self-employment By Abigail Edge • 4 min read
News Tool for journalists: Subly, for adding captions to video content on social media This new online tool aims to speed up the transcription process for online video to just a matter of minutes By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: TLDR News News YouTube channel TLDR News engages Gen Z through explainer content and impartial views In only two years, the channel has amassed 350k subscribers by producing factual stories that help the under-35s make sense of the politics By Daniel Green • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Philip Veater on Unsplash News 19 UK news organisations to receive government funding following Cairncross Review As the £2m taxpayer-funded scheme aims to help public service journalism find sustainable business models, we look at how some of the grantees plan to spend the cash By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
News Bangladeshi reporters now have a mobile journalism guide written in their mother tongue To end the era of poorly-translated foreign manuals, this new book by the mobile specialist Jamil Khan teaches local students and citizen journalists to use a smartphone for field reporting By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
News Daniell Morrisey: How to prepare a killer CV A career coach and head of talent for BBC shows talks about what makes a CV stand out to potential employers By Daniel Green • 6 min read
News What role will branded content play in the future of news? When media organisations and commercial companies work together on stories, it can put experts in the spotlight and offer a new source of revenue - but readers have a right to be wary By Daniel Green • 2 min read
Credit: Neil Perry, Archant. Screenshot from Prince of Wales Road: On patrol with police at Halloween News Archant embraces mobile journalism to cover local news stories Journalists are trained to shoot lots of simple smartphone footage when reporting out in the field to get their stories online faster and attract more viewers when interest is at its peak By Jacob Granger • 2 min read