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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.
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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 👇
📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: New audio ventures
▪️The articles featured pertain to tips on engaging younger audiences, how exiled Russian outlets are leveraging the radio format, and a case of turning podcasting into a profitable business;
▪️Interesting insights on Argentina’s largest newspaper's approach to converting readers into digital subscribers, and how American publication The Intercept surpassed its fundraising goal from our colleagues at The Audiencers, and Nieman Lab;
▪️Great opportunities from the Kurt Schork Memorial Fund, European Commission, and The Guardian.
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We spoke with Maciej Okraszewski, founder of one of Poland’s most successful independent podcasts Dział Zagraniczny, about how he gained a wide audience reporting on niche foreign topics.
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Reaching younger audiences is crucial for the future of news media. Meeting readers where they are by embracing platforms like TikTok, highlighting individual journalists and letting them build an online presence all help to connect with the audiences of today and tomorrow, Anton Protsiuk writes.
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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including how generative AI can power up your online searches, using solutions journalism to engage audiences, and tips on working with Gen Z journalists.
🧠 Generative AI for advanced search online;
📈 Making the most of solutions journalism;
🧑🎓 What to bear in mind when hiring Gen Z journalists.
Engaging audiences and driving revenue are two major challenges journalism faces today. But solutions journalism may hold the key, according to experienced editor Emma Löfgren.
Her Solutions Journalism Newsletter Course explores how this approach, which focuses on reporting potential responses to problems rather than just the problems themselves, can deeply resonate with readers. Data shows solutions stories leave a more positive impression, are more trusted, and keep audiences more engaged.
In the final instalment of The Fix's course, the author explores smart strategies for leveraging solutions journalism to better serve your audiences.
📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: Press freedom in Europe ca. 2024
▪️The articles featured pertain to the glass ceiling of women journalists in Italy, how local news is growing in England, and how to make changes stick in your newsroom;
▪️Interesting insights on what drives audiences’ trust in news media, and publishers partnering with and suing generative AI companies from our colleagues at Schibsted, and Press Gazette;
▪️Great opportunities from the Global Investigative Journalism Network, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
📍 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for more news on the European media space!
Journalists are known for their independence, stubbornness, and skepticism towards authority – traits that can be both a blessing and a curse. While these qualities fuel our pursuit of truth and hold the powerful accountable, they can also make managing a newsroom a formidable challenge.
In the sixth instalment of her Solutions Journalism Newsletter Course, Emma Löfgren covers the dynamics of implementing new initiatives, like solutions journalism, within a news organisation. The experienced editor highlights the importance of fostering support and acceptance among those tasked with executing these visions, as old habits can be hard to break.
🧠 The power of generative AI
Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving, with generative AI models at the forefront of many exciting developments. Here's a roundup of our coverage of this topic.
◼️ Advice for getting generative AI right for media managers and reporters;
◼️ How news publishers are adapting to generative AI;
◼️ How European publishers are approaching ethical use of AI in journalism;
◼️ Swedish publishers’ joint effort to compile guidelines for AI transparency;
◼️ Italian journalists’ hopes and fear of AI;
◼️ Can AI contribute to the creation of a truly pan-European news outlet?
🇮🇹 Italy's media landscape remains a daunting terrain for women journalists. Despite women making up 42% of the journalist workforce, only a handful hold top editorial positions. But what can be done to shatter this glass ceiling? Francesco Guidotti and Angelo Boccato explore the experiences of freelancers, editors, and newsroom journalists, documenting their struggles and offering a roadmap for change.
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The 2024 edition of the International Journalism Festival focused on topics ranging from AI to war to politics, but one theme that kept rearing its head was how, despite today’s challenges and changing methods, journalists are showing resilience, Christoph Schwaiger writes in his latest article for 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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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including tips on engaging younger audiences, how exiled Russian outlets are leveraging the radio format, and a case of turning podcasting into a profitable business.
🧑🎓 How to ensure your reporting reaches young readers;
📻 Russian media organisations reinventing the radio format in exile;
🎙 How an independent Polish podcast reached €140,000 yearly income
📻 Independent Russian media makers have come up with countless ways to circumvent their country’s censorship. One of them redefines the radio format, Veronica Snoj writes in her latest article for The Fix.
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📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: Playbooks for sustainable local journalism
▪️The articles featured pertain to how generative AI can power up your online searches, using solutions journalism to engage audiences, and tips on working with Gen Z journalists;
▪️Interesting insights on the winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize, and ZEIT ONLINE's Europe Talks initiative from our colleagues at Nieman Lab, and Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism;
▪️Great opportunities from International Fund for Public Interest Media, Reuters Institute, and The Fix.
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As more and more Gen Z journalists enter the workforce, news leaders must adapt to their unique traits and skills. From prioritising flexibility and mental well-being to being mobile and resourceful, Gen Z journalists bring a fresh perspective to the industry. In her latest article for The Fix, Priyal Shah explains what news leaders should keep in mind when hiring Gen Z journalists and helps uncover the advantages of bringing on board this generation.
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How to enhance journalistic research with AI: chatbots and tools like Perplexity can transform and improve your research techniques, ensure accuracy, and maintain ethical standards, Alberto Puliafito writes in his latest article for The Fix.
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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including the glass ceiling of women journalists in Italy, how local news is growing in England, and how to make changes stick in your newsroom.
🇮🇹 The barriers female journalists encounter in their careers in Italy;
🏴 How one local news media initiative is succeeding in England;
✍️ Tips on making meaningful and lasting changes in your newsroom.
From a one-man venture in Manchester to a thriving publication reaching 100,000 readers across four cities — Mill Media is an example of a successful local journalism venture. Its founder Joshi Herrmann tells The Fix how he keeps it all sustainable.
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📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: Building a stronger newsroom culture; insights from Perugia
▪️The articles featured pertain to a survey of Italian journalists on AI, tips on how to build a stronger newsroom culture, and how journalists are persevering in these challenging times;
▪️Interesting insights on Le Monde’s expansion to the international market, The Guardian's concerted push to attract more political advertising in America, and the crisis at NPR from our colleagues at Adweek, Digiday, and The New York Times.
▪️Great opportunities from the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, X LMF conference, and Internews.
📍 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for more news on the European media space!
✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including a survey of Italian journalists on AI, tips on how to build a stronger newsroom culture, and how journalists are persevering in these challenging times.
🧠 Italian media professionals share their wants and fear of artificial intelligence;
🧑🎓 Expert advice on how to improve your newsroom culture;
🤜 How journalists are coping in times of turmoil and change.
We spoke with Jennifer Mizgata, author of the “Building News Culture” course, about what it takes to build a better newsroom culture for new and established media organisations.
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