Career goals, chatbots and blockchain: Here is your weekly journalism news update

Every Friday, Journalism.co.uk brings you a round-up of our week’s top stories, giving you all the information you need to know, wherever you are.

Here is the latest journalism news from this week:

10 ways Journalism.co.uk can help you smash your 2019 career goals

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Since the turn of the millennium, our team here in Brighton have been working to provide you with the latest news in digital journalism, enabling you to keep up with the changes in our fast-paced industry.

Over the past 20 years, we have expanded to run two to three newsrewired digital journalism conferences every year, a jobs board full of hot media opportunities, and a range of bespoke training courses for news organisations in the UK and abroad.

We have a lot going on here at Journalism.co.uk. Why not take a look at all the opportunities we offer and start your new year off on a high...

How Bloomberg Media's innovation hub designs news services focused on audience needs

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BHIVE, Bloomberg’s human-centred research and prototyping group launched in 2017 to understand what motivates news consumers to engage with their brand.

The cross-functional team of designers, engineers, product developers and researchers work to build and test digital solutions that improve the news experience for Bloomberg's audience.

Blockchain: does transparency equal trust?

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Blockchain is not just about cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum; this technology starts to be implemented in all kinds of sectors, like real estate or healthcare.

The journalism community slowly starts to take note of blockchain, with many using the buzzword while not being 100 per cent sure what it actually means.

So how does blockchain work and why should journalists care? To find out, we spoke to Daniel Sieberg, co-founder at iO and blockchain expert, who helps us shed the light on what blockchain actually is in our weekly podcast.

The Quint trials interactive ads within messaging chatbots to boost revenue streams

Mobile-first news publisher The Quint has targeted interactive advertisement as a potential new stream of revenue this year, hoping to improve its engagement metrics fivefold.

The Indian-based organisation has been creative on messaging platforms, using chatbots to increase traffic to its site, giving the consumer a new way to access stories and receive regular news updates.

Click here to bag your spot at newsrewired, our next digital journalism conference, taking place on 6 March at Reuters, Canary Wharf, London.

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