A nonpartisan group of 22 foundations today announced the launch of Press Forward, a nationwide coalition committing more than $500 million over five years to help reinvigorate local news in America.Local news, including the once-thriving newspaper business, has been...
Almost 200 alumni of our Journalist Fellowship descended upon Oxford over a muggy September weekend to celebrate 40 years of a programme which has provided a life-changing opportunity for hundreds of journalists from around the world. Celebrations kicked off on...
Although it feels like everyone has a podcast these days, looks can be deceiving. Numbers are declining — especially for new podcasts. Current news podcasts are on the chopping block, too.You may soon notice how some of your favorite...
Reuters is trialling a new tool that can help consumers verify the origins and authenticity of an image.Instead of analysing the picture retroactively to establish its provenance, the news agency teamed up with Canon and the academic research lab...
A growing number of news organisations have set up specific guidelines to govern how they use artificial intelligence (AI). This article analyses a set of 52 guidelines from publishers in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Norway,...
Vox, which is probably most famous for its explanatory style of journalism, has become so well known it may come as a surprise to some that the company is still less than 10 years old. Founded by Ezra Klein, Melissa...
Journalists and researchers in Spain teamed up to trial a course to teach older generations how to recognise misinformation online. The course was delivered on WhatsApp, an app that 27% use for news in Spain. A group of academic...
I first got in touch with Fabrizio Romano, the world’s best-known soccer journalist, some months ago. He was working up to the climax of his reporting on the multi-billion dollar world of soccer transfers—transfer deadline day, the dramatic and...
The European Commission has officially confirmed which tech companies, and which of their services, count as “gatekeepers” under its strict new Digital Markets Act (DMA). The companies listed all appeared on a provisional list released in early July, and...
Much of the world runs on WhatsApp.The Meta-owned messaging app has more than two billion users worldwide. It’s the preferred messaging app in most countries outside of the United States because it’s free, easy to use on multiple devices,...
