What’s New In Publishing | 5 trends that will define publishing in 2023

The last couple of years have been challenging for the media industry and the forecast for the year ahead is that it will continue to force publishers to think out of the box. Read the article here.

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The Fix Media | War fatigue hits Ukrainian, Russian media

Russian and Ukrainian media have been hit by war fatigue seeing an almost 30% drop in traffic in November 2022, according to a report. Publishers have cited audience exhaustion and other story distractions among others. Read the article here.  

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The Journalist’s Resource | Using academic research to do investigative journalism

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Neil Bedi offers guidance on how journalists can incorporate academic research into their reporting. This can give some weight and credibility to an article, particularly on complex issues. Read the article here. 

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Columbia Journalism Review | Is Twitter dying? And what would that mean for journalism?

The platform is in trouble experts argue, with some calling for journalists to avoid it altogether. Read the article here. 

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IJNET | How women fact-checkers are fighting misinformation across Africa

This is the story of how women fact-checkers across Africa are fighting back against misinformation by employing various methods to verify the information for their audiences. Read the article here.

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