TL;DR Issue 4: Plagarism, Twitter goes blue, and a journalist gets punched in the face

A busy week in social media, journalism and the creator economy. Here it is, all nicely -pre-digested for you.

Coping with newsroom stress

Headlines Network is launching a series of workshops this week to help journalists cope better with mental health issues. I talked to director John Crowley about the problems and possibilities inherent in the pandemic.

TL;DR Issue 3: The “how the hell am I 50?” edition

A big day for me. A load of interesting links for you. Everyone wins. Probably.

Links from Instagram Stories available to all

Instagram finally gives every account the ability to use link stickers. Time to rethink the platform as an acquisition tool.

Will the Metaverse save journalism?

A big and important post on the future of news. Or not.

TL;DR #2 — the plague house edition

A round-up of the week's reading about journalism and the creator economy. And we don't get Meta.

How do you tell Facebook and Google you’ve updated a story?

TL;DR issue 1

A weekly round-up of all you need to keep your engaged journalism skills sharp.

Apple’s much-needed MacBook Pro reverse ferret

Apple finally reverses the mistakes of half a decade of poor laptop design. And about bloody time.