piers jones
Piers Jones: In Memoriam
My former colleague Piers Jones passed away from cancer in December 2019. He's a terrible loss. Here's why.
engaged reading digest
Engaged Reading Digest: listening, killing comments and getting visual
Another round-up of interesting reading about journalism and audience engagement
SEO
SEO Update #3: agency death, Yandex growth and MOAR carousels
A quick pre-Christmas round-up of the latest search news.
Politics
Three questions about the UK's journalism landscape after the General Election result
A major shift in the political landscape of the UK raises some critical questions about the role of truth and journalism in the social media mindscape.
misinformation
Election Watch 2019 #1: Lies, Leaks and Dead Squirrels
Connecting up some of the reporting about the use of misinformation and propaganda during the 2019 UK general election.
engaged reading digest
Engaged Reading Digest: Memes, cancel culture and baby Yoda
Memes aren't just juvenile fun - they're a potent weapon in the political armory, and we have to start taking them seriously.
podcasting
News podcasts: profitable and engaging — but have we got the format right?
New research from the Reuters Institute suggests that publishers are waking up to the opportunity for greater audience engagement through podcasting - but are they taking the right approach?
attention
Why completion matters to digital journalism
There's a psychological impact of completion we ignore at our peril
machine learning
Deepfakes aren't the problem yet - their existence is
The mere existence of deepfakes is undermining our sense of reality and truth