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The Washington Post Magazine has released an alternative storytelling issue, featuring stories in innovative formats such as songs, poetry, graphic novels, three-act plays and even a board game.
Journalists at the publisher hopes that by using various art forms, it will help its readers rediscover a sense of wonder about the political scene – including a 'fill your own Trump speech' game.
NYT uses data visualisation to bring climate change home. Literally.
The New York Times joined forces with Climate Impact Lab to create an interactive feature that allows readers to see how much hotter their hometown is today compared to when they were born.
After publishing the interactive piece, the NYT saw a lot of organic sharing on Twitter and Facebook, with many people pointing out their hometown results.
Facebook use for news has been declining for a while.
One of the reasons is that people are more aware of the social platform’s poor record on spreading misinformation. However, a recent research study has found that other concerns, such as loss of privacy and fear of backlash when expressing views online are even more powerful causes of the decline.
The new report by Kantar Media, commissioned by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, found that publishers actually benefit from the turn away from Facebook, with audiences increasingly using private messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Messenger for sharing and discussing news.
On September 19, Reuters launched Africa Journal, a mobile-first video service.
The project aims to reflect the growing mobile and digital consumption of news in Africa, producing ‘short and snappy’ footage for multimedia platforms and clients every week, for both African and international audiences.
It is available to publishers as a series of daily ready-to-publish video packages, focusing on the latest tech and entrepreneurial developments on the continent.
Google is offering new technology to local news organisations in a bid to promote innovative business methods and storytelling.
The Google News Initiative Cloud Program has made 200,000 G suite licences free for local news organisations to use for up to two years. Organisations with fewer than 500 employees can apply for up to 500 licences.
The next newsrewired digital journalism conference will take place on 7 November 2018 at Reuters in Canary Wharf, London.
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