Diversity and inclusion in the year of the pandemic
The year of the pandemic, 2020, brought with it not only pain and suffering from the COVID 19 virus, but also saw major social upheavals…
Start of a trend? Publisher relocates to Ireland in response to the UK’s exit from the EU
A niche B2B publisher headquartered in London has moved its content marketing and SEO division to Ireland because of the UK’s full exit from the…
The Evening Standard and TikTok launch Future Theatre Fund, to support the next generation of theatre makers
… in partnership with National Youth Theatre The Evening Standard, London’s most iconic news brand, and TikTok, the leading destination for short-form video content, just…
The Atlantic’s Yasmeen Serhan on the importance of global journalism
Across the United States, voters deal with the aftermath of a momentous election in the midst of an economy crippled by the pandemic, an electorate…
How a Los Angeles punk fanzine discovered its greatest asset: its readers
Based in L.A., Razorcake magazine will soon celebrate twenty years in existence. Founded in January 2001, by Todd Taylor (the former Flipside managing editor) and Sean Carswell (author…
3.2 billion images and 720,000 hours of video are shared online daily. Can you sort real from fake?
Twitter over the weekend “tagged” as manipulated a video showing US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden supposedly forgetting which state he’s in while addressing a…
How propaganda propagates: Lessons for publishers
10 ways to spot online misinformation Propagandists are already working to sow disinformation and social discord in the run-up to the November elections. Many of their efforts…
Through Covid, journalists have regained the public’s trust in the press
OPINION The British public have a turbulent relationship with the publishing media. In May we read reports that in a YouGov poll almost three-quarters of…
Why character-driven stories strike a chord: Insights for publishers
In March 2009 Euna Lee’s life changed in a heartbeat. While shooting a human trafficking documentary at the border between China and North Korea, the…
How I learned to stop worrying and love A.I.
OPINION When I first heard about an AI tool for authors, I was torn. I believed my creative process was unique. Distinctive. How could a…
Making change happen: Diversity and inclusion at Meredith Corporation
Like millions around the world, Shona Pinnock was shocked to the core by the killing of George Floyd. “It was just traumatic. In the days…
Moving the dial on gender equality in newsrooms
Gender equality in newsrooms will not come about without systematic changes in the culture, leadership and systems within the publishing industry. This was the warning…
Building a movement through podcasts: The story of Myanmar’s 25-year-old “boss lady”
Sitting cross-legged on a couch, Nandar (who goes by one name) places a pair of headphones over her ears and a lapel microphone on her…
Building a newsroom dedicated to diversity: An Indian story
At Khabar Lahariya, women from remote villages of north India are trained to be professional journalists and produce local news in their languages. Takeaways India’s…
A pint-sized publisher’s surprising success
Bands from as far away as America and Australia are asking to be included in upcoming issues While it seems a lot of kids his…
In a publishing COVID-19 world is networking still a thing?
OPINION There was a time when I was a monthly columnist for Publishing Executive magazine. Each year my editor asked me to do a tips…
Journalism of Drum’s heyday remains cause for celebration – 70 years later
Drum becomes an online-only magazine this month, almost 70 years after it was first launched as an African print publication. The magazine is now a…
First News School Newspaper of the Year Awards: Publishing has a bright future
First News, the widest-read children’s publication in the UK with a weekly readership of 2.2M 7-14-year-old’s, has announced the winners of the First News School…
Publishing pandemic roundtable with UK publisher Jim Bilton
This is Part One of a Two Part Roundtable with Jim Bilton, the Managing Director of Wessenden Marketing. It is re-published with kind permission of…
How The Economist built a successful global reader acquisition channel by bringing its content to life
What started out as a brief tactical test with global brand experience agency Sense in the UK has now delivered over 150,000 subscriptions across eight…
