Editing multimedia content is challenging, especially when you’re not working with the right tools. As demand among news audiences shifts to video and audio, newsrooms, journalists and content creators are turning to the formats, too. To help budding professionals working with multimedia, I lay out some tools they can
Project Comprova, a collaborative fact-checking initiative in Brazil, has abandoned the labels "false," "misleading," "satire," and "proven" in its verifications and adopted a broader approach to combating misinformation. José Antonio Lima, the project’s assistant editor, said the change was motivated by
I’ll never forget the day when an editor at the BBC told a 25-year-old me that journalists shouldn’t be on TikTok because “there’s so much misinformation on there.” By that point, I had maybe 10,000 followers on the platform, possibly more, and the comment stung. My
This story was originally published as a resource in our Exiled Media Toolkit, produced in partnership with the Network of Exiled Media Outlets (NEMO), and with the generous support of the Joyce Barnathan Emergency Fund for Journalists. In today’s independent media ecosystem, membership programs — distinct from traditional “subscriptions” — and
I would like to talk about your writing. I specifically mean the writing that you do for work. Your writing is probably amazing. You just didn’t give your reader anything to do with it. Let’s talk about the call to action. Are you saying what you want? More
Over the course of one month, we gathered more than 20 newsrooms to participate in a two-week revenue and fundraising experiment. While long-term planning is important, it can cause newsrooms to feel that they can’t try anything new without extensive funding and preparation. These experiments proved that we can
Video is enjoying a golden age. Again. Supercharged by social platforms, video's power to distill complex issues in engaging, accessible formats is a hit with audiences. The Reuters Institute Digital News Report found two-thirds of audiences watch short form news videos weekly, and over half engage with longer
The second Trump administration in its early months has detained holders of student visas and green cards, and deported individuals it claims are dangerous, without due process — including some to third countries and foreign prisons. It has restricted access for members of the White House press pool, gutted the U.
Sri Lanka has experienced significant political change in recent times. The election of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in September 2024 and a parliamentary vote that followed in November emphasized people's desire for improved governance and better economic management. Yet the lasting impacts of the National People’s Power
Public procurement portals are a goldmine for investigative journalists. In addition to holding critical data that can help reveal corruption, money laundering, or suspicious tenders, they are an ideal resource for detecting the purchase of invasive technology — devices like IMSI catchers, cameras and GPS trackers, as well as facial recognition
There is a wealth of great stories locked behind mountains of data. But who wants to mine through reams of numbers and stats? Data visualization tools help to make statistics and figures more easily understandable at a glance and be eye-catching to your readers. There's a bunch of
Disinformation-laced attacks on journalists and public interest media are now a key plank of the 21st-century authoritarian playbook. Political actors instigate narrative capture by seeding widespread distrust in facts. Disinformation and distrust in facts are then “viralized” by Big Tech companies’ platforms and technologies, infecting the information ecosystem, with serious