Kamal Ahmed’s The News Movement doubles editorial staff with eye on original investigations
The News Movement, the social media-first news start-up founded by Kamal Ahmed and Will Lewis, has almost doubled the size…
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BBC digital director: ‘Social media platforms are often working against us’
BBC digital director Naja Nielsen accused social media companies of “working against” journalists as she called on publishers to build…
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Seven ways to fix the news from the BBC’s Ros Atkins
BBC News presenter Ros Atkins has said that change in the news industry is a “necessity” if it wants to…
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Sky News exceeds 1m Tiktok followers with ten-fold increase in two months
Sky News has surpassed one million followers on Tiktok amid huge demand for its “distinct, eyewitness reporting” from Ukraine. The…
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Ukraine information war: False claims spread on Twitter, Facebook, RT and Sputnik
One week into the Russian war on Ukraine, a Press Gazette analysis has found that almost three quarters of fake…
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Why Sky News, unlike the BBC, is embracing TikTok and Snapchat
There is no need to “dumb down” hard-hitting news for TikTok and Snapchat, according to the head of digital output…
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How BBC News topped 20m Instagram followers – and why it has stayed away from TikTok
BBC News crossed 20m followers on Instagram in December – the first news account in the world to do so.…
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How CNN anchor Max Foster has ended up feeling like an ‘ambassador for news’ on TikTok
CNN anchor Max Foster joined TikTok in late 2019 with no professional strategy in mind – he only planned to…
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