Engaged journalism: Why newsrooms should put the needs of their communities first

Kim Bode, community and product operations manager at News Deeply and adjunct professor at the New York University, makes the case for community-centered journalism.

Five things you need to know about the future of journalism

A new report by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) at Oxford points to an important future for investigative reporting.

In praise of the unseen faces of the news business

The process of publishing real news is mostly about people you never hear about.

Correspondent’s business model one to watch

Much has been written about the success of The Correspondent’s recent US$ 2.5 million campaign to launch an English-language “unbreaking news” platform this summer, but the site’s unique business model warrants more attention.

Schibsted builds design system for multiple news brands

Can news sites as different as Fædrelandsvennen (a Norwegian regional daily) and Aftonbladet (a leading Swedish tabloid) be based on the same design elements? Yes, says the team that is building a design system for all of Schibsted’s news sites.

HuffPost Germany to close at end of March

BurdaForward and HuffPost have announced they will end publication of HuffPost Germany on 31 March. No reason for the closure was given.

Media Management Accelerator inspires new digital product

During the past couple of years, the Lebanese newspaper publisher As-Safir went through a massive transformation as the daily paper closed while its former niche environmental supplement, As-Safir Al-Arabi, was rebooted as an independent, digital-only publication.

Getting to grips with challenges facing niche reporters

In 2019, specialist reporters will face an added responsibility in upholding trust and standards, writes Fergus Bell in an excerpt from a new report, Science in the Newsroom.

Digital revenue models expanding across Europe, North America

As income from advertising has dwindled, more publishers are increasing their efforts to boost revenues from readers. The past year saw several high-profile publications putting content behind paywalls: Wired, The New Statesman, Vanity Fair, New York magazine and Bloomberg all announced paid-content initiatives, and BuzzFeed started a quasi-membership programme for readers at $5/month.

New report: A practical approach to blockchain in publishing

Demystifying blockchain – is that possible? WAN-IFRA just published a new report on the topic, in cooperation with Arcada University in Finland, that doesn’t set out to unravel all the complexities surrounding blockchain, but practically examine how the technology could be applied to news media.