quartz
Quartz finally burns out
A moment's silence for one of the great 2010s journalism innovators
X (Twitter)
It’s time to stop embedding tweets in news stories
The possibility of an Elon Musk-run Twitter has people heading for the doors. If we see a mass deletion of accounts, all of a sudden a lot of news stories while find crucial embedded elements at risk.
digital journalism
Are you tempted by shiny things syndrome?
Are we letting ourselves get distracted by cool new formats, rather than doing the really hard work of rethinking our journalism for the post-digital age?
nick petrie
Why you should subscribe to Nick Petrie's Evolving Newsroom
The Times's deputy digital head has a great new newsletter. Here's why it's worth your time.
digital journalism
Seven lessons in the future of digital journalism
Seven recent stories from around the web — and the underlying themes they represent
attention
Why completion matters to digital journalism
There's a psychological impact of completion we ignore at our peril
digital journalism
The Basics of Digital Journalism: Attention and Atomisation
There are two fundamental concepts needed to understand digital journalism. Here's a primer.
podcasting
The Guardian squandered its institutional knowledge of podcasts
Over a decade ago, The Guardian was a genuine innovator, launching a daily news podcast. It's revisiting that idea in 2018 - seemingly unaware that they've done it before.
ghost
One Man & His Blog is now running on Ghost 2.0
I've just updated the Ghost CMS I use to run this blog to version 2.0 - and it's a little glimpse of the future.
solutions journalism
Solutions journalism: a possible antidote to news apathy and disengagement
A relentless stream of problem stories makes the world feel worse than it is, and makes people more susceptible to manipulation. Can solutions journalism reverse that?
digital journalism
Going Online: Be Brave (from 2008)
10 years I wrote something about restructuring editorial teams for digital, but lacked the courage to publish it. I should have found the courage.
digital journalism
News can't afford to be funded by Google and Facebook; it will destroy our reputation
Google and Facebook are now two of the biggest funders of journalism in the world. Should we be comfortable with that?