When we first meet Carl Bernstein (as portrayed by Dustin Hoffman) in the opening minutes of “All the President’s Men,” he’s a shambles. Shaggy hair, tieless, frayed shirt collar, unbelted jeans, tennis shoes, constant cigarette, one of hundreds of...
The BBC has advised staff against using Tiktok on corporate devices unless for “editorial and marketing purposes”.In guidance sent to staff on Sunday and seen by Press Gazette, the corporation said: “We don’t recommend installing Tiktok on a BBC...
The BBC’s highest-paid presenter, Gary Lineker, will soon be back in action after being briefly suspended for what the broadcaster described as a breach of its impartiality guidelines.The former soccer player’s tweet on March 7 described the wording of the new government policy...
At The Markup, we build our own datasets, a lot. It’s one of the core tenets of our newsroom, and how we test our hypothesis-driven journalism.One way we do that is by finding and using undocumented APIs (or application...
Mistakes with numbers can have a cascading effect for investigative stories, and a damaging effect for audience trust, as many other erroneous figures, trend claims, and conclusions can flow from that initial error.At the recent NICAR23 conference in Nashville,...
This year’s World Press Trends study makes for a sobering read after the optimism of our previous report. The mood in the industry has changed, and publishers find themselves in a more unpredictable business environment due to a number...
BuzzFeed Inc. is encouraging its newsroom to produce more articles in an effort to boost traffic, as its news division continues to lose money and the digital publisher braces for continuing declines in revenue.BuzzFeed News Editor in Chief Karolina...
Bundling is quickly becoming the next best strategy of building revenue at news media companies. Last week at the INMA Media Subscriptions Summit in Stockland, a few companies were invited to share a bit of their experiences. In lack of...
The rise of AI technologies is transforming the way journalists work, and while text-generating models like ChatGPT make most of the headlines, there is much more to this rapidly-evolving technology. From algorithms that help investigative journalists uncover hidden stories in...
Getting the subscribers to stay — or at least to win them back — is all we ever wanted? During last week’s INMA Media Subscriptions Summit in Stockholm, three of the world’s most successful media companies shared their subscriber journey...
