engaged journalism
Journalism needs its own post-COVID inquiry
Sure, we didn't make decisions that killed people. But could we have helped people navigate the pandemic better than we did?
subscriber bonus
Five things worth reading this evening
It's not compulsory to be by a lake while you do so, though.
culture wars
Cultural jargon is still jargon
It's easier than ever to connect with fellow journalists. But does that mean it's too easy to get disconnected from our audiences?
community management
Substack buys in community management expertise
The VC-backed newsletter firm has acquired community management consultants People & Company
newsletters
Six things I've learnt from newsletters in the last week
It's not all posturing and culture war opinion-making, you know.
audience development
There's more to newspapers than news
You'll need more than news to build a great audience revenue model.
X (Twitter)
Twitter is regenerating — time to start paying attention again
Twitter launching Spaces and acquiring Scroll shows a new vision of the service coming together. But let's pour one out for Nuzzel (RIP), too.
Facebook
Local news, for local people, by local creators (sponsored by Facebook)
Facebook's local news investment, Greenwald's Yes, Minster moment and more news from the "new media" trenches.
newsletters
Why newsletters won't kill newspapers
And why unbundling the opinion columnists might be a good thing for news in general.