Recruiting mostly from universities is skewing representation in UK newsrooms. What are the alternatives worth exploring and how do we make them a success?
Podcast: training and retaining new journalists
‘Your copy should read like a WhatsApp message’: How to create content for and with Gen Z
JOE Media and NEED TO KNOW trade notes on how to discover and appeal to under 23s on social media
RISJ trust report: redefine your public image or bad actors will do it for you
The latest Trust in News Project paper finds that journalists and readers are not always on the same page when it comes to building a trusting relationship.
How to lead a media organisation in 2021
“The industry has been on a digital transformation journey for a quarter of a century,” said newsroom strategy expert Lucy Kueng in a podcast with Journalism.co.uk. However, very few media companies have successfully pivoted to digital and those who did had a rather rocky ride. To find out more about challenges newsroom leaders are facing in […]
Improving mental health in the newsroom
The coronavirus pandemic has been tough on journalists. It is a sad and negative topic to keep reporting on. It is also a lonely time. Lots of us are in constant Zoom meetings but in-person, meaningful interactions are rare.
Decades of newsroom culture have also reinforced the message that it is ‘not cool to talk about your feelings’, that it is part of the job to ‘put up and shut up’. However, when journalists are not well they cannot properly tell the stories that matter to their readers and viewers.
Experts from Sky News, Reuters, Reach Plc and the Ethical Journalism Network share practical tips around taking care of our colleagues and ourselves when we are feeling low.
Robyn Vinter, editor-in-chief at The Overtake on diversity, business growth and investigative journalism for millennials
At Newsrewired this coming November, we will hear from four newsrooms that are hiring diverse talent because there are genuinely good business reasons to do so, like bolstering your reporting and being trusted by the public.
One of those practising this idea is Robyn Vinter, editor-in-chief, The Overtake, an investigative journalism website for millennials and Gen-Zers run by a team of reporters based in Leeds, Yorkshire.
In the first two years of running the publication, Vinter has built a part-time team of nine from scratch and created a platform which aspires to be “the opposite of the straight, white, middle-aged, middle-class mainstream media”.
Vinter spoke to Journalism.co.uk about The Overtake, the advantages of forming a diverse newsroom and what delegates can expect from hearing her speak at Newsrewired.
As it happened: Audience engagement: Practical applications beyond buzzwords
This session, powered by Google’s Digital News Initiative, will explore some of the metrics and audience insights powering engagement initiatives at media organisations, and ways to turn these from numbers on a screen to products and services that readers, viewers and listeners will use and that will also benefit the business. Vaikų vasaros stovyklos Kaune, […]
New on the agenda: Practical applications for audience engagement, beyond buzzwords
In a session powered by Google’s Digital News Initiative at newsrewired on 7 March, we will explore some of the metrics and audience insights powering engagement initiatives at media organisations. How are newsrooms turning these from numbers on a screen to products and services that readers, viewers and listeners will use and that will also benefit the business?
The next newsrewired digital journalism conference takes place on 7 March at Reuters in London, followed by a day of training on 8 March. A limited number of tickets are still available for £180+VAT.
This will be our 21st conference, and as usual, we’re aiming to provide delegates with practical skills and ideas they can take home and explore in their own organisations.
Speakers from De Correspondent, CNN Digital International, NRK, BBC News Labs, Quartz, The Telegraph, Financial Times, Publish.org and more will join us on stage on 7 March to discuss the latest trends and techniques in digital newsgathering and storytelling.
First speakers and training options announced for March’s newsrewired
With two months to go until our next newsrewired digital journalism conference (7 March, London), we are pleased to announce the first round of speakers who will be joining us on the day to discuss the latest trends and techniques in digital journalism.
Speakers from the Financial Times, The Telegraph, BBC, the Credibility Coalition and more will discuss the key skills needed in newsrooms today and the changing shaping the industry today, including mobile journalism, livestreaming, the changing relationship between readers and journalists, and news distribution on voice-controlled devices.
Early-bird tickets to the event are still available until 12 January, so grab yours for just £130+VAT this week.
Two workshops are also available as part of the newsrewired+ training day on 8 March.
15 open-source tools journalists can use to improve their reporting
At today’s news:rewired conference, Leila Haddou, data journalist at The Times and Sunday Times, shared her favourite free and open-source tools to help journalists develop better skills for interactive and visual reporting. The tools range from story gathering to data visualisation and digital storytelling. There’s no technical expertise required here, just a bit of playing around and […]