Newsletters and podcasts becoming publications in own right
Plus: The Canadians Are Coming and the UK's Local News Fund opens
Ed Walker - Journalism Innovation
I write at the cross-section of digital journalism, digital communications, social media, SEO, audience development and more. I do a weekly digest of interesting links and reads I've found on these topics and then occasional posts on other media topics.
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In the AI-era the questions young people had on local journalism were reassuringly human
Plus: A study into whether AI is deskilling journalists and the varying business models for using AI in media
Prominence for local publishers amid the bin fire of social media
Plus: Reuters Institute Digital News Report learnings and asylum and race reporting guidelines
Marking the latest Indie News Week with acts of local journalism
Plus: Google's growing loyalty machine and the eight people who hold fate of local news future in their hands
The news you never want or expect
A different digest tonight
UK competition watchdog makes a crucial ruling about Google's AI tools for publishers
Plus: What publishers have been saying about the UK Local News Fund + learnings from Lookout Local in the States
Building community back onto publisher sites
Plus: Time to embrace creators + The Lead's local network expands to buy The Knot in Stoke
Leading in media through the newest great disruption
Plus: Substack migration continues for brands outgrowing the platform + DCMS begin recruitment of Local News Fund steering board
The data error which means Google Zero may well be over hyped
Plus: Lessons from Axios Local and how should £12m UK Local News Fund be spent?
Reflections on the Local Media Strategy for the UK
It is not for Lisa Nandy to save local journalism, it is for us - as editors, as journalists, as entrepreneurs, to find a way.