Journalism.co.uk podcast

Follow Journalism.co.uk podcast
Share on
Copy link to clipboard

The Journalism.co.uk editorial team brings you a weekly look at some of the latest innovations in digital journalism, and speaks to industry experts on how newsrooms are approaching key challenges and opportunities in the industry.

Journalism.co.uk


    • May 23, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 513 EPISODES


    Search for episodes from Journalism.co.uk podcast with a specific topic:

    Latest episodes from Journalism.co.uk podcast

    Nurturing the next generation of talent, with the YOJO newsroom

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025


    Fancy honing your skills in Athens? A bold new initiative offers on-the-job training, tools and mentorship for English-speaking university graduates. Relocation support is on offer, too

    SLAPPs, Assange and the Trump effect: Fiona O'Brien of Reporters Without Borders on UK press freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025


    The annual World Press Freedom Index ranks the UK as 20th out of 180 countries. We reflect on the big trends and turning points from the last 12 months

    AI, ethics and editorial power: voices from the IQ Media Conference

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025


    Can AI free journalists to do better work? Will it deepen inequalities? And what happens when the line between human and machine-generated content starts to blur? These questions and more answered

    Engaging with student and early-career professionals, with Dazed Media

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025


    Young people looking to break into the creative industries need practical guidance, solidarity and a confidence boost, say Jack Sunnucks and Harry Slater

    How journalists can cover LGBTQ+ stories, with Enrique Anarte Lazo of Context

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025


    Inspiring and relatable news content can create a connection with people who often have a shared experience of discrimination, prejudice and abuse

    Understanding and serving the neurodiverse community, with Nick Ransom

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025


    Diversity of thought can create many divisions within its own community on how experiences are referred to. So, what chance does the media have to get it right?

    Michael MacLeod, founder of The Edinburgh and London Minute, on growing a curated, community newsletter

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025


    This journalist left a comfy job at Meta to launch two Substack titles that bring essential news and updates to local audiences. The formula has proved a hit, and many others now follow suit

    Covering the climate community, with Waqas Ejaz of the Reuters Institute

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025


    Policymakers, scientists and even disruptive protest groups all largely want the same thing: to save the planet. They just go about it in different ways - here is how the media fits in

    Supporting Southport's recovery after tragedy, with Andrew Brown of Stand Up For Southport

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025


    The Merseyside holiday town is trying to reclaim its identity as a place of happy memories after witnessing three horrific murders and riots. How can news providers help the local community get back on its feet?

    How to listen to people who avoid the news, with Shirish Kulkarni, Abdi Yusuf and Rhiannon White

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025


    “If you want people to trust you, do trustworthy things," say the organisers of a six-month project between BBC and Media Cymru to understand why marginalised groups do not engage with journalism

    Laura Bartlett: 'Dragons' Den rejection led me to building a successful media brand'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025


    The popular TV show for aspiring entrepreneurs tore a lifestyle magazine business pitch to shreds 12 years ago. But the young founder used the feedback to create a better publication, which she recently sold for a sum that set her up for life

    Community engagement 2.0, with Anita Li of The Green Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025


    Discover a four-step process that can help your nearest and dearest readers not just engage with the news, but engage with the world around them

    What does it mean to serve a local community? With Ed Jennings and Steven Keevil

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025


    A Substack newsletter covering the Medway towns has plans to expand into a county-wide title, so it can deliver on two goals: be a critical friend and champion local successes

    Sam Morshead, founder of CounterPress, on a new business model for local sports news

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025


    Regional reporting has a problem: it is chasing volume for advertisers, instead of value for audiences. A new publishing platform seeks to reverse the trend, starting with an outlet covering Swindon Football Club

    Daniel McLaughlin, Reach plc podcast editor, on growing a community show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025


    The job is not done once you hit publish or clip up soundbites for social. To keep local listeners interested, you must remain fresh and interesting

    Christmas special: 2024 in review, with Simon Owens

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024


    The big expansions, closures and acquisitions of 2024 tell us one thing: you cannot afford not to listen to your audience in the year to come

    Jasper Hamill, founder of Machine, on the 'payeewall' - an alternative to paywalls

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024


    A new tech journalism co-operative publication launches with an ambitious concept: rewarding readers for engaging with content instead of asking them to pay

    Newsrewired special: Sean Gourley on why technology is dictating newsroom strategy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024


    Generative AI is advancing at an unprecedented speed and newsrooms will find it harder to keep up if they completely reject the tech, says the physicist and serial entrepreneur

    Abbianca Nassar: 'What I learned from running an online investigative journalism outlet'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024


    AWP Magazine could not survive on self-financing and a few grants, despite its noble ambitions. So what could it have done differently?

    Newsrewired study tour sneak peek with Fortune and Metro UK

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024


    Fortune's executive editor for Europe Alex Wood Morton, and Metro UK's head of growth Martina Andretta lift the lid on their successful revenue growth strategies

    How journalists can become media consultants, with Ramaa Sharma

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024


    A former BBC executive with 17 years at the broadcaster shares how she made a career change into consultancy - and how you can too

    Brian Whelan from Times Radio on growing a successful YouTube news channel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024


    The digital radio broadcaster has amassed 1m subscribers on the social video platform - but a vanity metric does not pay the bills. We learn that revenue comes from longer watch time and reaching the right markets

    How did women's magazines from the 1970s remain relevant?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024


    Franki Cookney and Lucy Douglas of the Mag Hags podcast take a flick through 50 years of glossy magazines and examine what has - and has not - stood the test of time

    Sky News producer and psychotherapist James Scurry: 'Journalists are a decade behind the latest knowledge about mental health'

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024


    Depression, schizophrenia and narcissism are all terms that are widely misunderstood and misreported, allowing myths to persist and those affected to feel hopeless

    Why The Lincolnite closed down, with Daniel Ionescu

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024


    The independent local news organisations innovated plenty and invested heavily. But in the end, there was not enough public support to keep it going

    Dmitry Shishkin, new CEO of Ringier Media International, on leading growth across 80 media brands

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024


    Shishkin plans to align diverse newsrooms and tackle the challenges of expanding into new markets with a clever internal document that brings audience and data teams on the same page

    Rachel Duffy, senior social media editor of The Telegraph, on using Reddit for news

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024


    Sub-reddits, karma, AMAs and more all jargon-busted and explained how they can help your newsroom get closer to highly engaged audiences

    Tackling new challenges for data journalism, with DC Thomson's Lesley-Anne Kelly and Ema Sabljak

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024


    How do you sort through murky ownership data when telling stories about vacant high street properties in Scottish cities?

    How to smash a fundraising campaign target, with Eliz Mizon of The Bristol Cable

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024


    The independent, co-operative local news organisation just hit its target to increase membership revenue by £60k in one year

    How writing fiction has helped me deal with PTSD, with Northern Irish journalist Leona O'Neill

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024


    Writing a story about a supernatural hero serving justice to those whose crimes have gone unpunished helped Leona cope with witnessing the senseless murder of her peer, Lyra McKee

    Maria Breslin, editor of The Liverpool Echo, on covering the Southport stabbings and UK riots

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024


    "We're still here when the national media goes home, so the weight of responsibility is quite heavy"

    Media analyst Thomas Baekdal: 'News publishers must stop fighting for the scraps of ad revenue'

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024


    As Google decides not to phase out third-party cookies after all, the news industry needs to reinvent its advertising model instead of competing with big tech head-on

    Oliver Rouane-Williams of Ipswich.co.uk: 'I spent my life savings on launching a local news site'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024


    A radical alternative to local newspapers has just launched in Suffolk: its writing is Axios-inspired, its domain names cost £25k and it has no ads, paywalls or cookies

    Five podcast and newsletter lessons from leading publishers, with Media Voices

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024


    News organisations of all sizes can dip into niche topics and tap into to specialist audiences by going direct to people's inboxes and earbuds

    Banseka Kayembe of Naked Politics, on engaging Gen Z with political journalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024


    It is not enough to report on what is happening with politics. Young people want actionable information delivered to schools and colleges

    The legacy of WikiLeaks, with award-winning journalist James Ball

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024


    Although Julian Assange is famously difficult to work with, he will be ironically best remembered for transforming investigative journalism into a collaborative field

    RISJ Digital News Report 2024: User needs with Vogue and The Conversation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024


    The annual study into media trends found that audiences are not getting the inspirational and entertaining news they need. Two newsrooms with mature user needs strategies offer their perspective on how to address this mismatch

    Indie News Week: Hani Barghouthi of PINF on galvanising local communities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024


    40 independent publishers are taking part in online campaigns and in-person events up and down the UK, in a combined effort to generate interest and revenue for community journalism

    Newsrewired takeaways: fact-checking, Gen Z and public interest news in the run-up to the general election

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024


    Our flagship journalism conference explored new threats around misinformation, how to combat political apathy among young readers and how to sustain essential journalism

    Newsrewired sneak peek: the guide to life after the newsroom, with Alison Gow and Mark Frankel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024


    Whether you have been made redundant or need a fresh challenge, journalists can find work in non-reporting roles, self-employment, and other sectors. Here is how

    Future-proofing your newsroom, with Lucy Kueng

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024


    Media companies can no longer be something for everyone - but we can be everything to someone instead

    Regulation, innovation and future-proofing: takeaways from Perugia on generative AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024


    Have news organisations learned the right lessons from working with platforms? Are newsrooms being too short-sighted in their applications for the tech? These questions and more were discussed at the International Journalism Festival

    Why PressPad closed down, with Olivia Crellin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024


    The media startup sought to improve diversity in UK news by making work experience more affordable for students. But industry resistance, personal circumstances and funding issues proved insurmountable

    Reporting on Big Tech, with Niamh McIntyre of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024


    A year-long investigation shows the increasingly narrow gap between tech platforms, surveillance and authoritarian regimes, making it a crucial area for journalists to monitor

    The skills a modern newsroom leader needs, with Niketa Patel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024


    The senior director of leadership programmes at CUNY discusses how to lead with empathy, motivate your team and create a culture geared toward experimentation, whatever the size of your newsroom

    Workflow tips in participatory journalism, with Annie Slemrod and Nuha Al-Junaid

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024


    The New Humanitarian garnered more than 100 contributions for its Yemen Listening Project detailing how lives have been affected by ongoing conflict

    Creating and developing GenAI workflows in the newsroom, with David Caswell

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024


    News organisations must strike a balance between being nimble and responsible with this increasingly accessible and innovative technology

    Protecting journalists on social media, with Valérie Bélair-Gagnon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024


    Platforms offer new connections and story leads but burnt-out reporters are increasingly disconnecting. What can newsrooms do to support them?

    Protecting independent journalism, with Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana of IMPRESS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024


    Between charitable status and news deals with big tech, there are lots of moves to support local news, but are they short-term patches or long-term solutions?

    How to manage your screen-time as a journalist, with Dr Charlotte Armitage

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024


    Failing to switch off damages our relationships which are a vital support network for burnout-prone media professionals

    Annette Young, TV news presenter, France 24, on running a news show about gender inequality

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024


    The host and creator of The 51 Percent show talks about what it takes to keep a series going for a decade when it comes with tough topics and online backlash

    Claim Journalism.co.uk podcast

    In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!

    Claim Cancel