News MoJoFest, Instagram Stories and paywalls: here is your weekly journalism news update Pushed for time? Catch up with this week's coverage from Journalism.co.uk By Daniel Green • 4 min read
Credit: Screenshots from The Economist Instagram News The Economist is using interactive data-driven Stories to widen its Instagram community The publisher has built a 3.4m following on the social media platform by using weekly news quizzes, native content and now multi-poll features By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Daniel Green. Sue Llewellyn and Waad Al-Kateab speaking at Mojofest (6 June 2019) News Voice for the voiceless: smartphones are the weapon of choice to tell stories from Syrian civil war Mobile journalism in the highly state-censored country has enabled people on the ground to reach international media - now it is set for the big screens By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: methodshop .com via flickr News How BBC Good Food used voice search analytics to cook up its first Alexa skill Use of voice devices is on the rise but it is still hard to publish on smart speakers (and not only because consumers cannot pronounce 'quinoa') By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
News New speaker joins Newsrewired panel on diversity in the newsroom Robyn Vinter, editor-in-chief at The Overtake, will debate best practices for building a sustainable newsroom that speaks for those from under-represented backgrounds By Marcela Kunova • 1 min read
News Tool for journalists: Newsroom Transparency Tracker, for assessing trustworthiness of news 'Trust indicators' enable viewers to take a look at the people, practices and policies driving 52 regional, national and international media outlets By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: STILLFX News How power and privilege shape communities 10 tips on building bridges between the mainstream media and underrepresented voices By Destiny Alvarez • 4 min read
News Job interview tips, crowdfunding and IGTV: here is your weekly journalism news update Pushed for time? Catch up with this week's coverage from Journalism.co.uk By Daniel Green • 3 min read
Credit: Instagram News How to upload horizontal videos to Instagram's IGTV Following Instagram's new update to support horizontal video content on IGTV, Journalism.co.uk jogs your memory on how to get started on the platform By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Pixabay News UK journalists often fall into 'us v them' trap when covering BAME communities From misreading their stories to risk of being misled because of lack of knowledge, here is why reporters need to step up their understanding of ethnic and religious communities By Daniel Green • 2 min read
Credit: Dean Rutz/Seattle Times News The Seattle Times uses crowdfunding to stay independent as ad revenue dwindles One of the oldest US news publishers turns to its readers to fund its investigative journalism team of the future - and the community backs them By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by Thomas Charters on Unsplash News 'Brexit bump' drives millions of UK readers to news websites Domestic and international media continues to benefit from public interest in Brexit. Three publishers reveal how this has helped grow their audience and shape editorial decisions By Daniel Green • 3 min read
