Elon Musk said Tuesday that his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter “cannot move forward” until the social media company can prove no more than 5 percent of its users are fake, seizing on an issue that might enable...
In just a few years, TikTok has become one of the world’s most successful social networks. The company claims that its platform is used by over a billion people every month.TikTok’s role during the invasion of Ukraine has changed...
In the depths of a Scottish winter last year, a group of female journalists – myself included – huddled in front of our laptops to discuss our annual mentoring scheme for up-and-coming female talent.
Origen: Sports journalism is less sexist...
I was mesmerized this past week by two astonishing videos, watching them both multiple times.One showed the stunning Kentucky Derby, where the little-known chestnut colt Rich Strike came out of nowhere to blast past the favorites and win the...
As the battle for podcaster talent and distribution heats up among providers, Apple this morning announced the launch of several new features for its Apple Podcasts service, arriving alongside the latest software updates for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Key...
Getting started with data journalism can be tricky, especially if you’re unsure of the best way to start working with your first dataset, or even where to start looking for your first dataset.At Media Hack, we’ve been working with...
I miss magazines. It’s a strange ache, because they are still sort of with us: staring out from the racks at supermarket checkout lines; fanned wanly around the table in hotel lobbies; showing up in your mailbox long after...
It's never a good sign when the creator of a technology disowns his own creation, though it happens with surprising frequency. Einstein regretted his work on nuclear chain reactions, which led to the creation of the atomic bomb. Toward...
The Ministry of Justice has published a “reporters’ charter”, a document listing in one place the “rights” journalists should be afforded during court reporting.The charter’s introduction comes amid recent warnings about the availability of “open justice” in the UK.The...
The UK press is still dominated by white, upper class, and university-qualified journalists, according to last week's NCTJ Diversity in Journalism report. The question next should be: what needs to change?There has been some movement since last year's report....
