The AP kept the name Gulf of Mexico; White House barred reporters from events over it
After Trump's decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico, the AP retained the original name, prompting retaliation from the White House, which barred the agency from two events.
A Record Year for Journalist Deaths
What the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) annual report reveals about 2024-Israel responsible for 70% of deaths.
Are You Being Tailed? Tips for Reporters Concerned About Physical Surveillance
I’m among a group of journalists from the UK and elsewhere in Europe, here for an exercise in journalist surveillance — to see if reporters who know they are being followed can spot those who are following them.
How young Kenyans turned to news influencers when protesters stormed the country’s parliament
The digital age has radically changed the way news is disseminated and consumed in Kenya and has disrupted the traditional role of major news organisations.
‘Europe’s Last Dictator’ Wields the Ax
The war on the press in Belarus: Last week, a man at an automobile plant said that he hadn’t been following an election campaign very closely because he’d been busy. This wasn’t a clichéd vox pop with a disaffected heartland voter, but rather a comment made by Alexander Lukashenko, a man known as "Europe's last dictator."
We’ll rethink scale, trust, and our life’s work
Journalism faces an existential crisis, and whether we can meet the moment collectively will be telling. Here are four areas I predict we will be hearing a lot about in 2025, all interconnected.
Your Audience team is now your Creator team
For someone who has built my entire career out of Audience-focused work in great newsrooms, it’s painful to bury my own. But here we are: The standalone Audience team/department/function, as we know it, is dead.
Newsroom planning goes silo-free
For an industry rooted in communication, journalists working in newsrooms must improve how they communicate with each other. Is news in its current state reaching the right audiences? Some reports would lead us to say no.
Podcasting becomes the primary strategy, not an afterthought
The Podglomerate recently brought together some of the brightest minds in audio — from the founder of Lemonada to the president of iHeartPodcasts — to reflect on podcasting in 2024. While observations ranged from the transformative rise of AI to the importance of robust attribution tracking and analytics, there was a clear takeaway from the group: the impact and influence of podcasting during the recent presidential election.
The mainstream media will lose its last grip on relevancy
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