By If you haven’t stumbled across the new internet phenomenon that is TikTok, I’m slightly jealous. Millions of young people have been caught in the snare of the social media app – 689 million users every month, to be precise.
By Journalists need greater protections for their mental health, City panel event warns
Trolls “radicalised” by social media have “put people off from coming into journalism”, a BBC journalist warned at a City event discussing mental health and journalism.
By Newspaper licensing in the age of social media: Q&A
Becca Challis interviews Andrew Hughes, secretary general of the Press Database and Licensing Network (PDLN) and founding member of the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA).
By Substack revolution: Five best independent newsletters to follow
Imagine opening up your email and there’s something you actually want to read. Substack is a platform that allows anyone to start their own newsletter, with every article sent directly to their subscribers’ inbox. Substack attracts around 16 million people to their website every month, with over 500,000 subscribers paying for a flood of distinct newsletters. Here are five top-tier newsletters to get you started.
Substack creates newsletter opportunities for freelance journalists hit by the pandemic
Sophie Yeo thought she might never work again. Having finished her last commissioned article on 7 April 2020, Yeo was without any environmental writing opportunities for the first time since she became a full-time freelancer three years earlier.
11 must-follow eco accounts on Instagram
Bringing together powerful photojournalism, data journalism, and the stories of people across the world, here are 11 of the best Instagram accounts to follow to boost your eco-education.
By Seven essential virtual interview tips
Britain’s top broadcast journalists – from Laura Kuenssberg to Robert Peston – give XCityPlus some tips on virtual interviews.
By The social media journalist: Q&A with Lewis Goodall
Lewis Goodall covers politics, policy, and economics for the BBC as Newsnight’s policy editor. He was a political correspondent for Sky News until 2019. Goodall’s prolific use of social media – with almost 40,000 tweets since 2011 – has led to him amassing over 200,000 followers on Twitter.
By Five reasons why Citizen Kane is still relevant to journalism
Unless they’ve been living under a rock, the odds of meeting a journalist who hasn’t seen, or at least heard of, Citizen Kane are slim. Repeatedly deemed one of the greatest films of all time by critics, the drama celebrates its 80th anniversary this year.
By TikTok: journalism’s new frontier
Move over Twitter, TikTok is the new kid on the block Social media is toxic. From Twitter to Facebook, online discourse is at an all-time low with trolling, misinformation, and culture wars dictating the news cycle. Journalists are now in the firing line as a result. News outlets must
By Embrace the Snap: Why journalism needs to make the most of social media
Twenty years ago, if you replied to someone’s question with the phrase “just Google it”, you would have received a blank stare, quickly followed by a comment regarding your wellbeing. Fast forward to 2006 and the word “Google” was officially recognised in the Oxford English Dictionary. But while the iconic
By Are time-lapse recipe videos taking over food journalism?
Scroll down your Facebook timeline. Go on, do it. Spot anything? Aside from the lengthy Trump statuses and the “March for the NHS” events, you’ll notice your timeline is packed full of videos. Videos capturing cringe-inducing blunders, videos reporting news stories, and recipe videos. Mouth-watering, tantalising, gluttony-inducing recipe videos. Video
