Fact-checkers say reports on 800 deaths caused by Covid-19 ‘fake news’ are themselves ‘misleading’
Fact-checkers have questioned the claim that at least 800 people globally might have died from fake news about the coronavirus.…
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Covid-19 crisis leads to more than 2,000 job cuts across UK news organisations
More than 2,000 jobs at UK-based news organisations have been put at risk during the Covid-19 crisis so far, with…
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Picture mix-ups at Guardian and BBC blamed on Covid-19 remote working
The Guardian and BBC have both linked recent editorial mistakes to journalists working from home during the Covid-19 crisis. Elisabeth…
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How the New York Times’ digital subscription drive has compensated for the collapse in advertising
At first glance, news that digital revenues have overtaken print for the first time in the New York Times’ history…
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Google enables Covid-19 disinformation sites to make money, report finds
A new University of Oxford report has exposed how Covid-19 disinformation websites are able to use Google’s search engine and…
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Demand for news drove surge in TV viewing at start of UK lockdown, Ofcom finds
The Covid-19 crisis prompted a surge in broadcast TV viewing driven by demand for news on the pandemic at the…
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Newsrooms eye permanent change to working practices after Covid-19 lockdown
The need to maintain social distancing has meant that newsrooms are still largely empty more than four months after the…
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Facebook and Google referrals boost contributed to jump in news traffic at start of Covid-19 crisis
A boost in referrals from Google and Facebook contributed significantly to the uplift in traffic to news websites seen at…
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