Axel Springer CEO on OpenAI deal: 'We must protect intellectual property of news content'
Mathias Döpfner says generative AI "has the potential to completely destroy our businesses as we know them or bring them to the next level"
Trusted news brands matter more in the age of AI, say media executives
In a world of information overwhelm, audiences put premium on human-made content and curation
Audiences, AI and audio apps: five talking points from Perugia
The International Journalism Festival explored why platforms and publishers cannot seem to work together, how newsrooms are informing their work with readers, and why we have not yet reached the peak of podcasting
Posted by Jacob Granger on 23/04/24Delivering news during the war: reflections on EBU's visit to Ukraine
Director of news Liz Corbin spent five days with Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne last month to better understand how the war is affecting their daily operations in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv
Posted by Liz Corbin on 22/04/24
Why PressPad closed down, with Olivia Crellin
The media startup sought to improve diversity in UK news by making work experience more affordable for students. But industry resistance, personal circumstances and funding issues proved insurmountable
Posted by Jacob Granger on 18/04/24How do journalists really want to use generative AI?
Analysing data and information is one of the most boring tasks but not many journalists are offloading it to the tech, finds a report by the Associated Press
Posted by Jacob Granger on 17/04/24Daily Maverick closes down for 24 hours to protest against big tech's dominance
The South African news organisation published zero news stories on its heaviest traffic day to show what the world without journalism would look like
Posted by Jacob Granger on 15/04/24Five tips to manage your screen time as a journalist
Improve your work-life balance by building better relationships with your dopamine devices
Posted by Isabel Meszaros on 12/04/24Reporting on Big Tech, with Niamh McIntyre of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
A year-long investigation shows the increasingly narrow gap between tech platforms, surveillance and authoritarian regimes, making it a crucial area for journalists to monitor
Posted by Jacob Granger on 11/04/24How a Greenlandic publisher uses its own AI translator to boost subscriptions
In this special series that focuses on journalism rather than algorithms, Sermitsiaq's tool translates news content into a minority language ignored by most platforms - and subscribers can also use it for themselves
Posted by Marcela Kunova on 10/04/24What AI can do for your newsroom: tips from Ring Publishing's latest handbook
Auto-generated content unlocks a new world of potential, but do not forget that the most valuable asset for any media is the trust of its readers
Posted by Agnieszka Leśniewska on 09/04/24What mainstream media can learn from niche news sites
Appealing to small and specific audience groups can have a big impact - if you know what you are doing
Posted by Isabel Meszaros on 08/04/24Journalists are happy to be disconnecting from platforms, should news organisations be worried?
Before running headfirst into the next shiny piece of technology, newsrooms leaders must ask who will be impacted the most and what support they will need to keep going
Posted by Jacob Granger on 05/04/24The skills a modern newsroom leader needs, with Niketa Patel
The senior director of leadership programmes at CUNY discusses how to lead with empathy, motivate your team and create a culture geared toward experimentation, whatever the size of your newsroom
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