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What we have learned about journalism in the AI era two years on Two years on from the launch of ChatGPT what do we know about journalism in the new era of artificial intelligence? Glide Publishing Platform hosted dozens of the brightest minds in media at a series ...

What we have learned about journalism in the AI era two years on pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-s...

It's the end of the internet as we know it—and I feel fine Maybe this was the last year of the usable web. If so, blame corporate greed.

A simplistic look at the internet of 2024, but quite a few statements that make you wince.
www.fastcompany.com/91246383/its...

Reposting this as @bloomberg.com chief nails arguments for paywalls and how AI will revolutionise journalism 👏

‘Paywalls safest way to guarantee journalistic jobs’ says Bloomberg editor in chief pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine...

Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

UK’s biggest online publishers: Reddit growing fast, Mail sees sharp traffic drop UK biggest websites 2024: Ranking using Ipsos iris data reveals growing dominance of UK tech giants in UK market as publishers decline.

UK’s biggest online publishers: Reddit growing fast, Mail sees sharp traffic drop pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...

Advertising revenues set to hit $1tn in market dominated by technology companies Google, Meta, ByteDance, Amazon and Alibaba expected to earn more than half the annual total

Global advertising revenue is expected to pass $1trn for the first time this year, with more than half earned by Google, Facebook owner Meta, Tiktok owner Bytedance, Amazon and Chinese tech/e-commerce company Alibaba www.ft.com/content/e9d9...

The mainstream media will lose its last grip on relevancy "The gap between mainstream media readers, people who get most of their news through influencers or partisan social media, and people who barely think about news at all will create a fundamental schis...

@niemanlab.org starting early on its 2025 predictions:
The mainstream media will lose its last grip on relevancy www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...

Why Trump Won | Robert Reich YouTube video by Robert Reich

Should Democrats move to the right? Absolutely not. That's morally wrong and bad politics.

The real lesson of 2024 is that Democrats must become an anti-establishment party ready to shake up the system on behalf of working people.

On the picket line at Guardian: ‘Observer, Observer, James Harding don’t deserve her!’ pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardia...

From @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social to reading the news on the BBC! Well done Courtney Sargent and Becky Lippiatt 👏https://courses.uwe.ac.uk/P50012/journalism

Guide: Introduction to Investigative Journalism While there are lots of trainings online on advanced researching techniques, at the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) and iMEdD’s training pillar, Ideas Zone we recognized a significant n...

Very valuable resource for anyone wanting to get into investigative journalism gijn.org/resource/gui...

UK news coverage at risk of ‘fracturing irreparably’ within 10 years, peers warn www.ft.com/content/b062...

And if you’re new here, hello, so am I!

I pioneered TikTok journalism in the UK whilst at the BBC & VICE (got a British Journalism Award for it) now I consult people on video strategies alongside making my own video content for 800,000 people on IG and TikTok 🫡 /10

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We've created this starter pack with dozens of journalists, technologists and academic researchers who write regularly about the future of journalism worldwide. We hope you find it useful
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Time for a romp through the history of ECHR-scepticism in Britain.

A 40-part thread…… /1

Our @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social Journalism Masterclass series begins next week. We welcome Sean Morrison from
@thebristolcable.bsky.social to talk investigations and campaigns. A real bonus for our MA Journalism and @uwemediaproduction.bsky.social students!

Also, what a week for us to get new windows installed in our house 🤪

Quite a lot of snow in south Bristol but nothing has stuck here :(

I'm a 'sticking' man when it comes to snow :D

Weather bomb incoming!

Fascinating thread on the history of Britain ECHR scepticism. Arguments over this have been ongoing for years...

Looks for Guardian Bluesky account 👀

What?! Politicians actually having to speak with the plebs when they don't have to?? That will never do!

The ironic thing about post election chatter is that a lot of the time it’s candidates who lost, underperformed, or underworked who have endless time to go on TV and share their blame story.

And for their part, journalists rarely EVER ask if that person actually ran a functionally solid campaign

Hello Melissa! Very good to see you hear, I couldn't avoid the noise about BlueSky so came over to see what it's like. You well?

If you're interested in the future of journalism then I will share a few posts here that may be of interest. I might occasionally post about other things too :)