Local newspaper walk-ins: The good, the bad and the downright strange
For ten brutal minutes, Sam Blackledge stared at a photo of a bruise. The man who brought the photo into the office of the Plymouth Herald watched him eagerly, waiting for Blackledge to see… what? A...
View ArticleHow journalists can report on cost of living crisis without alienating...
The cost of living crisis has been high on the news agenda this year. Like populist leaders, economic news usually finds the limelight and a mainstream audience during times of public discontent and...
View ArticleLawyer: What to do about deepfake and metaverse libel threat to publishers
Most of us likely have a degree of familiarity with the term “deepfake” – they’ve become increasingly common. For those who are less familiar, a deepfake is a life-like digital impersonation, usually...
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GB News royal reporter recalls going into deep end for Queen's death...
In April, Cameron Walker landed his first TV reporting role – covering the royal family for GB News. Until then the former ITV News trainee had been working behind the scenes as a producer on the...
View ArticleUnanswered questions for news industry after Elon Musk's Twitter buyout
Elon Musk has completed his takeover of Twitter, prompting questions over how far he will take his pursuit of free speech versus the need for online safety. Musk has tweeted in recent days about his...
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Tears, fury and thunder: BBC staff reaction to local radio cutbacks
Last week, the BBC announced plans to cut 139 staff roles at its local radio stations around England. In the proposal, through which the BBC is repurposing £19m from radio budgets into online and...
View ArticleCharging journalists for Twitter would be bad business and a blow to press...
Elon Musk has more chance flying one of his SpaceX rockets to Alpha Centauri than he does persuading most journalists to pay for their blue tick status on Twitter. But it is not just a bad strategy...
View ArticleWhy Canada must make rules around Duopoly publisher payments transparent
Canada stands poised to become the second country after Australia to pass legislation – known as the Online News Act of C-18 – that will force Google and Facebook to pay for news. Here, Heidi Legg, a...
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Mapped: How global are Semafor's coverage and audience?
Ahead of launch, media start-up Semafor promised to be “a global newsroom” that would serve “the 200 million or so English speakers with college degrees”. Signalling that intent, the organisation began...
View ArticleFormer regional press boss Neil Benson on how BBC and big tech fuelled...
Over 16 years as editorial director and group executive editor of the UK’s largest local newspaper group Trinity Mirror (now called Reach) Neil Benson presided over more than 40 cost-saving...
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