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Alberto Puliafito has crafted the second part of an insightful guide on leveraging AI for data analysis, focusing on survey evaluation. His key advice: understand the tool, give examples, invest some time.
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As social platforms have deprioritised news and search traffic is in danger from AI, how can news publishers adapt? Andrey Boborykin, media analyst and executive director of Ukraine’s major digital news outlet Ukrayinska Pravda, reflects in a column for The Fix.
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How many subscriptions get cancelled after the free trial? Stockholm-based Sesamy hopes to offer a solution to subscription fatigue with its pay-per-content approach to podcasts, articles, and more.
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For the latest instalment of our audience-building email course, we spoke with Johanna Rüdiger of Deutsche Welle on how newsrooms can maximise their social media game.
Rüdiger's experience shows the benefits of focusing on vertical video, a format that publishers can successfully reuse across multiple platforms. More importantly, social media should be treated as platforms in their own right, not merely gateways to get readers somewhere else.
We read Reuters Institute’s annual Digital News Report and picked three interesting findings. The rise of individual news creators on video platforms, the impact of elections on news interest, and more.
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We spoke with Artem Skorohodko, co-founder of the Ukrainian charity Behind Blue Eyes (@theblueyedproject), about their innovative approach to supporting children in war-torn regions.
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The new EU Media Freedom Act obliges countries to ban spying on journalists and track media ownership. We examine what this means for newsrooms.
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What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: Models for funding independent journalism
▪️The articles featured pertain to how printed newspapers can make a difference in a community, Contexte's experience of introducing an editorial tool, and how generative AI can help analyse data;
▪️Interesting insights on British editors leading more and more major US newsrooms, and a newsroom backlash at The Washington Post from our colleagues at The New York Times, and The Guardian;
▪️Great opportunities from The Audiencers, JournalismAI, and The Economist.
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🧠 Alberto Puliafito wrote a detailed guide on using AI for data analysis, using survey evaluation as a case study. His advice: prepare the data, work step-by-step and write detailed prompts. Here’s how to do it.
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Priyal Shah spoke to zebra.’s editor Alessio Giordano about how the South Tyrol-based nonprofit outlet supports the marginalised with print newspaper sales.
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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including how new media legislation will affect news publishers, a look into development of soft news coverage at a major Ukrainian outlet, tips on growing audience, and different business models used in Portugal.
🧑🎓 Media legislation concerning outlets in 2024;
📰 Ukrayinska Pravda's approach to non-hard news;
📣 Announcement of our newsletter course on audience;
🇵🇹 Business models used by Portuguese media.
🌟 How to build and grow your audience: sign up for a course from The Fix 🌟
Join our free newsletter course on building and growing your audience, starting 6th June. Led by Emma Löfgren, editor of The Local Sweden and contributor at The Fix, it is a seven-week course for editorial leaders.
📍 We will cover:
◼ growing your audience
◼ communicating with your audience – and telling truth to your readers
◼ making the most of social media
◼ analysing audience data
The course features insights from industry experts like Johanna Rüdiger (Deutsche Welle), Dmitry Shishkin (Ringier Media International), and Joy Mayer (Trusting News).
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Recent media policy provisions imposed more obligations on platforms. It may either facilitate mainstream journalism or widen the gap between user-generated content and quality verified news content — let’s take a closer look.
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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including approaches to election coverage, a new support programme for Ukrainian media, and a talk with mental health expert Mar Cabra.
🗳 Pan-European news media's approach to EU election reporting;
🇺🇦 Grants for Ukrainian media;
🧠 Interview with a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist-turned-entrepreneur.
📣 Ukrainian Media Support Announcement 🇺🇦
The Fix Foundation and European Centre for Press and Media Freedom have partnered to launch "Voices of Ukraine" – a new programme providing equipment assistance to media operating inside Ukraine.
The goal is to ensure journalists can work safely and share crucial stories from conflict zones and local communities.
Here are the key details:
📍 Open to all Ukrainian media: print, online, TV, radio
📍 Priority for small regional/frontline/hyperlocal outlets
📍 Grants up to €10K per outlet for equipment
🗓 Apply by the 9th of June.
Learn more about eligibility and how to apply 👇
Are news outlets as transparent as they should be? In our new audience building course, we spoke with Joy Mayer, founder of Trusting News, about how journalists can build trust with their audiences. Here are some of her top tips.
Join our free course to learn more about how to engage and build trust with your audience.
In-depth audience research is helping independent news outlets across Central Europe. In a guest column for The Fix, Giulia Magnani, a Research Manager at Zinc Network, examines the insights from the company’s research project and its applicability for independent media outlets in the region. Drawing from a large-scale poll of news consumers in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovenia, media experts are uncovering insights into audience needs and motivations.
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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including the case of one Ukrainian podcast giving voice to children, our take on this year's Digital News Report, and Johanna Rüdiger's tips on leveraging social media.
🎙 Behind Blue Eyes podcast;
📃 Three findings from the 2024 Digital News Report;
❓ Unanswered questions highlighted in the 2024 Digital News Report;
🎶 How newsrooms can make the most of social media.
We looked at the unanswered questions the Digital News Report by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism directly or indirectly poses this year. Here are the 7 biggest ones, according to Dávid Tvrdoň.
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What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: AI and news consumption
▪️The articles featured pertain to using audience data to inform editorial decisions, how new media legislation affects publishers, and how one Belarusian media outlet continues to operate amidst repression;
▪️Interesting insights on how CNN and Politico launched registration walls recently, and The Associated Press's attempts to diversify its revenue streams from our colleagues at A Media Operator, and Press Gazette;
▪️Great opportunities from European Journalism Centre, International Press Institute, and The Fix Media.
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Have you ever wondered if your most-read topics truly align with your audience's needs? Dive into the User Needs Model developed by Dmitry Shishkin, former editor of BBC World Service and current CEO of Ringier Media International, which represents his perspective on how audience data can shape editorial decisions. Discover how understanding your readers' fundamental requirements can transform your content strategy.
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After losing 94% of revenue due to Russia's aggression against Ukraine, Belarusian IT-oriented outlet dev.by had to revise costs and launch projects abroad to pay salaries. But how do they plan to become financially sustainable without outside help? We spoke to dev.by CEO and founder Artiom Kontsevoi about how this independent publisher continues operating amidst political crackdowns.
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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including how printed newspapers can make a difference in a community, Contexte's experience of introducing an editorial tool, and how generative AI can help analyse data.
🗞 The story of zebra., print with a purpose;
🛠 Contexte's custom tool development case;
🧠 Generative AI for data analysis.
For the latest instalment of our Toolbox series, The Fix spoke with subscription-based outlet Contexte about external tools they rely on and their journey of developing the collaborative editor tool Echo.
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What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: AI deals; audience building for newsroom leaders
▪️The articles featured pertain to how new media legislation will affect news publishers, a look into development of soft news coverage at a major Ukrainian outlet, tips on growing audience, and different business models used in Portugal;
▪️Interesting insights on how AI deals are shutting out partisan publishers in favour of mainstream outlets, and The Washington Post’s plans to introduce new subscriber tiers, including “a pay-as-you-go option" from our colleagues at Semafor, and A Media Operator;
▪️Great opportunities from Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship, International Media Support, and The Fix.
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Portugal has three journalism platforms as part of Reference - the European Independent Media Circle. In a country with traditionally very low financial contributions from the state and civil society to journalism, how do these projects manage to work sustainably? Francisca Valentim explains.
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In our latest article, we looked at how Ukrayinska Pravda, Ukraine’s leading digital news publisher, is betting on new verticals like tech and sports to diversify revenue.
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What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: Opportunities in elections coverage
▪️The articles featured pertain to approaches to election coverage, a new support programme for Ukrainian media, and a talk with mental health expert Mar Cabra;
▪️Interesting insights on news outlets that make money on Apple News, and The New Yorker’s successful push to improve audience engagement from our colleagues at Semafor, and Digiday;
▪️Great opportunities from The Fix Foundation and the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, Open Archive, and European Journalism Centre.
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In the latest piece of The Fix’s series on media careers, we look at Mar Cabra’s journey from being a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist to becoming an impact-driven co-founder and executive director of The Self-Investigation.
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Ahead of the EU elections we spoke with The European Correspondent and Voxeurop about their approach to covering this major event and how it fits with their editorial strategy.
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