Journalism.co.uk Podcast

The independent local news organisations innovated plenty and invested heavily. But in the end, there was not enough public support to keep it going

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

Sub-reddits, karma, AMAs and more all jargon-busted and explained how they can help your newsroom get closer to highly engaged audiences

How do you sort through murky ownership data when telling stories about vacant high street properties in Scottish cities?

The independent, co-operative local news organisation just hit its target to increase membership revenue by £60k in one year

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

"We're still here when the national media goes home, so the weight of responsibility is quite heavy"

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

A radical alternative to local newspapers has just launched in Suffolk: its writing is Axios-inspired, its domain names cost £25k and it has no ads, paywalls or cookies

News organisations of all sizes can dip into niche topics and tap into to specialist audiences by going direct to people’s inboxes and earbuds

It is not enough to report on what is happening with politics. Young people want actionable information delivered to schools and colleges

Although Julian Assange is famously difficult to work with, he will be ironically best remembered for transforming investigative journalism into a collaborative field

The annual study into media trends found that audiences are not getting the inspirational and entertaining news they need. Two newsrooms with mature user needs strategies offer their perspective on how to address this mismatch

40 independent publishers are taking part in online campaigns and in-person events up and down the UK, in a combined effort to generate interest and revenue for community journalism

Whether you have been made redundant or need a fresh challenge, journalists can find work in non-reporting roles, self-employment, and other sectors. Here is how

What’s top of mind for today’s news leaders? Evolving at pace, finding your USP - but not burning out in the process

Media companies can no longer be something for everyone - but we can be everything to someone instead

Have news organisations learned the right lessons from working with platforms? Are newsrooms being too short-sighted in their applications for the tech? These questions and more were discussed at the International Journalism Festival

The media startup sought to improve diversity in UK news by making work experience more affordable for students. But industry resistance, personal circumstances and funding issues proved insurmountable

A year-long investigation shows the increasingly narrow gap between tech platforms, surveillance and authoritarian regimes, making it a crucial area for journalists to monitor