Credit: Andrea di Valvasone #ijf25 via Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0) . News How to use Telegram for online journalism investigations The private messaging platform is a hotbed for misinformation, but also a gold mine of sources, evidence and metadata, says freelance journalist Jane Lytvynenko By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
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Credit: Francesco Cuoccio #ijf25 via Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0) . News YouTube content creator Johnny Harris shows how independent journalism can thrive Expect to start chasing the views to begin with, but make sure you are pursuing the stories you love too, says a journalist with 6.5m YouTube subscribers By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Andrea Marchi #ijf25 via Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0) . News Perugia highlight: keeping Ukraine in the news Media pros at Kyiv Independent, El Confidencial and Libération said that human stories that represent broader themes address audience fatigue in the ongoing conflict By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
News 14 must-attend sessions at IJF Perugia So many talks, so little time. We help you decide which talks to tune into for this week's landmark journalism festival By Jacob Granger • 6 min read
News Newsrewired speaker spotlight: Oliver Rouane-Williams, founder of Ipswich.co.uk Business is booming for this radical new approach to local news, which has just made its first two unique hires: a civic pride reporter and a community impact reporter By Jacob Granger • 8 min read
Credit: Google FX News UK journalists face growing battle for information access With around half of all Freedom of Information requests now rejected, new research reveals how officials are actively preventing transparency, sometimes citing "embarrassment" as a reason to withhold public data By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
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News Coverage of women: America is failing. The world is stalling Saudi Arabia produced proportionally more news articles about gender-related issues on International Women's Day than the US, finds a report by media consultancy AKAS By Luba Kassova • 6 min read
Credit: Angela Caitlin/Courtesy Greater Govanhill News New report calls for £15 million a year to transform the future of local journalism The Public Interest News Foundation says £150m is needed over the next decade to revive UK news deserts and make local communities more resilient towards misinformation and collapsing business models By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Google ImageFX News Why user needs have the power to stop audiences feeling overwhelmed by the news A new report by FT Strategies and smartocto reveals how newsrooms are increasing relevance, engagement and revenue by focusing on why readers consume news rather than what journalists think is important By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
News We want to hear from you: how advanced is your user needs strategy? Please fill out our survey on how far along you are in implementing user needs in your newsroom (even if that is ground zero) By Jacob Granger • 1 min read
