newsletters
Commercial lessons from the Black Ballad founder’s newsletter
How a weekly newsletter has become central to both the community building and monetisation of a ground-breaking website for black women.
Adam Tinworth
Adam is a digital journalism lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 25 years, a journalist for 30 and teaches audience strategy and engagement at City St George’s, London.
newsletters
Lessons from Newsletter-First Publications
What can publishers learn about newsletter strategy from independent businesses that grew newsletter first? Notes from a panel discussion.
AI
Social videos: No, AI can't do them by itself
That AI isn't putting you out of a job yet — but it might be about to change it…
community management
Collapsing Context Collapse
Mass scale social platforms were wildly profitable — but also terrible social environments for most people. We need more context in our communities.
Journalism
Ask the stupid question, and other journalism advice
Two handy tips for journalists
AI
Time for an AI rewind
Are we letting the generative AI hype blind us to more practical and reliabel uses of the technology?
Journalism
How publications get sloppy
A perfect storm of dodgy SEO, dodgier AI work and the desperate need to protect affiliate revenue is breeding a whole new type of web content slop.
AI
Stop the Slop
The perfect word to describe thoughtless, rude use of AI has emerged. Let’s hope it sticks…
podcasting
YouTube's dangerous embrace of podcasting
YouTube is becoming the default way for Android users to consume podcasts. But the video platform is not exactly staying true to the podcast standards.
Blogging
Journalism's blog shame
After two decades, why are so many journalists so wary of the word “blog”?
AI
Adversarial AI: A Tool for Self-Improvement in Journalism
Getting AIs to write instead of you is for the mediocre. If you want to be great at what you do, get an AI to challenge you.
open web
The link controllers aren’t dead — yet
In the year of our Lord 2024, some websites are still trying to control who links to them.