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Podcasts, apps and newsletters: how three publishers are discovering new audiences

At the Publisher Summit last month (10 and 11 June), publishers shared brilliant ideas for using podcasts, newsletters and apps to find new audiences...

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Talent matters: Global shows the value of a powerful, podcast portfolio

Three years ago, podcasts at commercial broadcaster Global were treated as an afterthought, according to head of factual podcasts, Al Riddell. But...

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How writing fiction helped me deal with PTSD, with Northern Irish journalist Leona O'Neill

The Journalism.co.uk Podcast is on a brief hiatus as we begin our transformation journey , we'll be resurfacing our best episodes until further...

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UK court reporting is changing: seven ways this impacts your newsroom

UK court reporting is changing: seven ways this impacts your newsroom

Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey Pre-register your interest in joining our new media community  by filling out this brief form The...

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Community reactions to the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025

Lea Korsgaard (Zetland, top left), Dmitry Shishkin (Ringer Media International, top right), Mark Frankel (Full Fact, bottom left), Sophia Smith Galer...

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2012 vs 2025 in digital media: Nic Newman, lead author of the RISJ Digital News Report

And check out the Journalism.co.uk podcast on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify In case you have been living under a rock, the Reuters Institute...

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Digital News Report 2025: legacy publishers bet big on AI, subscriptions and transparency

Left to right: Mitali Mukherjee (Reuters Institute), Jane Barrett (Reuters), David Rhodes (Sky News), Basia Cummings (The Observer), Nic Newman...

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Ten talking points from the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025

Pre-register your interest in joining our new media community  by filling out this brief form The Reuters Institute has published its 14th...

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Four golden opportunities for indie newsrooms, with Joe Mitchell of PINF

Check out the Journalism.co.uk podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify This week is Indie Week, a week-long campaign celebrating the unsung...

14.06.2025 10

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Work smarter, not harder: six lessons from Newsrewired

And check out the Journalism.co.uk podcast on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify At our Newsrewired conference last month, in our conversations...

09.06.2025 10

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Susie Schofield: 'I vowed no journalist would go to their grave again not knowing their true value'

John Schofield was a BBC reporter who was killed whilst covering the former Yugoslavian War in Croatia in August 1995, aged 29. Today, 30 years later,...

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Newsrooms called to up their commitment on mental wellbeing

UK and Irish newsrooms are being called to sign up to a new mental health and wellbeing charter. A charter is a formal statement that outlines an...

03.06.2025 10

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The autocrat's playbook: How democracy dies and what we can do to stop it

Left to right: James Ball (The New European), Amie Ferris-Rotman (Global New Lines), Kiran Nazish (Coalition for Women in Journalism) The numbers are...

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How Britain's most established news brands are reinventing themselves for the digital age

Left to right: Marcela Kunova (Journalism.co.uk), Tracy Yaverbaun (The Times & Sunday Times), Jonathan Levy (Sky News), Simon Robinson (Reuters) A...

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Nurturing the next generation of talent, with the YOJO newsroom

And check out the Journalism.co.uk podcast on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify The step between university and the industry is a tricky one....

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How UK local news entrepreneurs are building sustainable businesses

Left to right: Jaldeep Katwala (Bristol Cable), Daniel Jae Webb (Wiltshire 999s), Sarah Bosley (Newbury News), Oliver Rouane-Williams (Ipswich.co.uk)...

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Breaking through the growth ceiling: how The New Statesman and Dennik N went from stagnant to soaring

Chris Stone, The New Statesman (left) and Patricia Vol'anska, Dennik N (right) So your exciting new growth strategy has hit a ceiling and you cannot...

22.05.2025 10

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Naja Nielsen, media director of SVT: 'We don't have decades to get used to AI'

News organisations have spent decades adapting to digital transformation, but do not have the same luxury of time to get used to AI. That was the...

21.05.2025 10

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How Mill Media and Zetland scaled their membership models

Left to right: Lisa MacLeod (FT Strategies), Lea Korsgaard (Zetland), Joshi Herrmann (MIll Media) Two European media companies have one thing in...

20.05.2025 20

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SLAPPs, Assange and the Trump effect: Fiona O'Brien of Reporters Without Borders on UK press freedom

And check out the Journalism.co.uk podcast on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify Reporters Without Borders has released its annual World Press...

16.05.2025 10

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Memberships, homepage and video: The Sun's three priorities for digital growth

The Sun outlined its three major growth areas, as it attempts to find a balance between high-volume traffic acquisition and deeper reader engagement. ...

15.05.2025 10

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What does it really mean to serve a community today?

In a nutshell: The full story: Community engagement projects often rely on quizzing people about their needs or news habits, and then...

10.05.2025 10

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Newrewired spotlight | Chris Stone: 'The news industry has a lot to learn from podcast creators'

News podcasts are an incredible opportunity to discover and develop new audiences. Far from being just a standalone digital product, podcasts can...

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Newsrewired throwback: Sean Gourley on why technology is dictating newsroom strategy

This podcast was first published on 9 December 2024 and was republished on 2 May 2025 with minor changes Check out the Journalism.co.uk podcast on...

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Newsrewired speaker spotlight: Naja Nielsen on innovation, leadership and Nordic media

Naja Nielsen spent six years at the BBC as digital director, where she led the newsroom's digital journalism through the pandemic, the invasion of...

03.05.2025 10

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Ethics, diversity, influence and digital transformation: 10 trends to watch in UK journalism

A new report by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism provides a detailed breakdown of the state of the UK journalism industry, based on a...

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AI, ethics and editorial power: voices from the IQ Media Conference

And check out the Journalism.co.uk podcast on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify Last week, we were in sunny Athens attending the IQ Media...

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The climate crisis is being misreported — and there is no legal way to stop it (yet)

If a journalist writes an inaccurate news story that damages the reputation of an individual, one of their options is to take up a complaint with a...

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How to use Telegram for online journalism investigations

The Wall Street Journal's (WSJ) investigation into Russian theft of Ukrainian grain was made possible by a job posting on the private messaging...

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Perugia highlight: how to learn from failure in your newsroom

Left to right: Shirish Kulkarni, Chris Moran (Guardian), Anita Zielina (Better Leaders Lab), Steffi Dobmeier (STERN) If we are being honest with...

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Perugia highlight: sustaining public interest news in a dicey media market

Speaking: Rawan Damen (Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism) Public interest journalism is under siege across the world and news organisations...

16.04.2025 10

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YouTube content creator Johnny Harris shows how independent journalism can thrive

Independent journalist Johnny Harris has about 6.5m subscribers on the video platform YouTube. He learned his trade at Vox doing innovative visual...

15.04.2025 10

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Perugia highlight: keeping Ukraine in the news

The Ukraine war has dominated the news agenda for the last three years, ever since Russia launched its full-scale invasion into Ukraine in 2022. But,...

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Gear, apps and workflows: Rob Layton's complete mobile journalism checklist

"Mobile journalism has become an essential skill not just for journalists, but anyone in communications," says Rob Layton, a 40-year journalism...

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Engaging with student and early-career professionals, with Dazed Media

And check out the Journalism.co.uk podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Dazed Media is a digital media company that targets the creative...

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14 must-attend sessions at IJF Perugia

The landmark, annual International Journalism Festival (IJF) in Perugia is back tomorrow (9 April) for another installment of practical sessions,...

09.04.2025 10

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We want to hear from you: how advanced is your user needs strategy?

Editor Nina Brorson (left) and audience development lead Lars Jensen (right) from Berlingske Media are delivering a workshop on user needs on 13 May...

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How journalists can cover LGBTQ+ stories, with Enrique Anarte Lazo of Context

And check out the Journalism.co.uk podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify The LGBTQ community - also known as the LGBT or LGBTQIA community,...

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News apps above average in leaking user data, report finds

First-of-its-kind research by Cybernews has revealed that news apps are especially prone to leaking user's data and information. 87 per cent of...

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Understanding and serving the neurodiverse community, with Nick Ransom

And check out the Journalism.co.uk podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Neurodiversity - also referred to as neurodivergence - is an...

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Michael MacLeod, founder of The Edinburgh and London Minute, on growing a curated, community newsletter

And check out the Journalism.co.uk podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Andrew Patterson / Michael MacLeod Michael MacLeod writes two daily...

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A one-stop-shop of resources for journalism students

So you are a journalism student wondering what lies ahead. You probably hear quite often that the industry is competitive, jobs are uncertain and...

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Covering the climate community, with Waqas Ejaz of the Reuters Institute

And check out the Journalism.co.uk podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Climate is one of those tricky topics where we in journalism...

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Schibsted gives young audiences what they want: transparency on editorial decisions

Scandinavian media company Schibsted has put "ethics boxes" on news articles to show how editorial decisions are made, as young audiences say this...

15.03.2025 10

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Oliver Rouane-Williams, founder of Ipswich.co.uk, on breaking the status quo of local news

Oliver Rouane-Williams invested £160k last year to launch Ipswich.co.uk, an Axios-inspired take on local news in the UK. His vision was to break...

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20 trailblazing women in journalism

There are too many amazing women working in journalism to name in one article, so here are a few top picks from our editorial team of trailblazing...

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Supporting Southport's recovery after tragedy, with Andrew Brown of Stand Up For Southport

Today's episode is supported by Memberful, an all-in-one membership solution for journalists and news publishers. Get started today for free. ...

07.03.2025 10

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Are plugs on social videos worth it?

Is it worth putting a small animation at the end of your social videos telling your viewers to 'like and subscribe', 'watch the full video' or 'find...

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How to listen to people who avoid the news, with Shirish Kulkarni, Abdi Yusuf and Rhiannon White

And check out the Journalism.co.uk podcast on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify Too often, we think about news engagement and avoidance in terms...

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Laura Bartlett: 'Dragons' Den rejection led me to building a successful media brand'

Today's episode is supported by Memberful, an all-in-one membership solution for journalists and news publishers. Get started today for free. ...

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