TL;DR issue 1 Paid Members Public
A weekly round-up of all you need to keep your engaged journalism skills sharp.
Apple’s much-needed MacBook Pro reverse ferret Paid Members Public
Apple finally reverses the mistakes of half a decade of poor laptop design. And about bloody time.
Writing headlines for search: the latest changes Paid Members Public
Google's been messing around with how it displays headlines in search results. Here's what you need to know.
Premature Blogging Death Notice #357 Paid Members Public
Why do people keep trying to declare that blogging is dead?
Making climate crisis journalism better: the launch of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network Paid Members Public
We need to get better at integrating the impact of the climate crisis into all our journalism. And a new initiative from the Reuters Institute should help.
Why did some publishers gain traffic from the Facebook outage? Paid Members Public
Despite many publishers using Facebook to attract readers, some sites saw a boost from the extended outage last night. And some took a hit. Here's why.
Single point of (Facebook) failure Paid Members Public
Facebook has wiped itself, WhatsApp and Instagram off the internet. And the longer they stay down, the more some publishers will be suffering…
I miss deadlines. Would you? Paid Members Public
Some thoughts on B2B newsletters, the endless pivot to video, and Substack's growing moat.
