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Newsrewired throwback: fact-checking, Gen Z and public interest news
In May, our flagship journalism conference explored new threats around misinformation, how to combat political apathy among young readers and how to sustain essential journalism. We look at the main takeaways before next week's event
Newsrewired study tour sneak peek with Fortune and Metro UK
Fortune’s executive editor for Europe Alex Wood Morton, and Metro UK's head of growth Martina Andretta lift the lid on their successful revenue growth strategies
How journalists can become media consultants, with Ramaa Sharma
A former BBC executive with 17 years at the broadcaster shares how she made a career change into consultancy - and how you can too
Posted by Jacob Granger on 31/10/24Brian Whelan from Times Radio on growing a successful YouTube news channel
The digital radio broadcaster has amassed 1m subscribers on the social video platform - but a vanity metric does not pay the bills. We learn that revenue comes from longer watch time and reaching the right markets
Posted by Jacob Granger on 24/10/24How did women's magazines from the 1970s remain relevant?
Franki Cookney and Lucy Douglas of the Mag Hags podcast take a flick through 50 years of glossy magazines and examine what has - and has not - stood the test of time
Posted by Jacob Granger on 17/10/24Sky News producer and psychotherapist James Scurry: 'Journalists are a decade behind the latest knowledge about mental health'
Depression, schizophrenia and narcissism are all terms that are widely misunderstood and misreported, allowing myths to persist and those affected to feel hopeless
Posted by Jacob Granger on 10/10/24Why The Lincolnite closed down, with Daniel Ionescu
The independent local news organisations innovated plenty and invested heavily. But in the end, there was not enough public support to keep it going
Posted by Jacob Granger on 03/10/24Dmitry Shishkin, new CEO of Ringier Media International, on leading growth across 80 media brands
Shishkin plans to align diverse newsrooms and tackle the challenges of expanding into new markets with a clever internal document that brings audience and data teams on the same page
Posted by Jacob Granger on 26/09/24Rachel Duffy, senior social media editor of The Telegraph, on using Reddit for news
Sub-reddits, karma, AMAs and more all jargon-busted and explained how they can help your newsroom get closer to highly engaged audiences
Posted by Jacob Granger on 20/09/24Tackling new challenges for data journalism, with DC Thomson's Lesley-Anne Kelly and Ema Sabljak
How do you sort through murky ownership data when telling stories about vacant high street properties in Scottish cities?
Posted by Jacob Granger on 05/09/24How to smash a fundraising campaign target, with Eliz Mizon of The Bristol Cable
The independent, co-operative local news organisation just hit its target to increase membership revenue by £60k in one year
Posted by Jacob Granger on 29/08/24How writing fiction has helped me deal with PTSD, with Northern Irish journalist Leona O'Neill
Writing a story about a supernatural hero serving justice to those whose crimes have gone unpunished helped Leona cope with witnessing the senseless murder of her peer, Lyra McKee
Posted by Jacob Granger on 22/08/24Maria Breslin, editor of The Liverpool Echo, on covering the Southport stabbings and UK riots
"We're still here when the national media goes home, so the weight of responsibility is quite heavy"
Posted by Jacob Granger on 14/08/24Media analyst Thomas Baekdal: 'News publishers must stop fighting for the scraps of ad revenue'
As Google decides not to phase out third-party cookies after all, the news industry needs to reinvent its advertising model instead of competing with big tech head-on
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