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Semafor launches Global Election Hub for the year’s crucial elections

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Semafor launches Global Election Hub for the year’s crucial elections

Promising news newcomer Semafor has unveiled its latest venture, the Microsoft-sponsored Global Election Hub.

Society : Politics : Media

Foresight Friday: Alice Crossley, foresight analyst

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Foresight Friday: Alice Crossley, foresight analyst

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, foresight analyst Alice C...

Foresight : COP28 : Climate Crisis

Symbiotic Storytellers

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Symbiotic Storytellers

Harnessing advancements in AI, data and decentralisation, film-makers are creating new relationships of exchange between audiences and creators.

Media : Streaming : Web 3

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These football cards profile Qatar’s fateful migrant workers

With excitement building about the FIFA World Cup, citizen-funded journalism platform Blankspot is working to raise awareness of its lesser-known, ...

Society : Health & Wellness : Architecture

Climate Newsrooms

Micro Trends

Climate Newsrooms

Global news organisations are launching dedicated climate crisis verticals, as the media recognises its role in being part of positive environmenta...

Media : Society : Climate Crisis

Canon’s photo Truthmark combats fake news

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Canon’s photo Truthmark combats fake news

The Truthmark initiative aims to tackle press imagery from being co-opted for fake news.

Media : Photography : Technology

Minecraft becomes a safe space for censored journalists

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Minecraft becomes a safe space for censored journalists

Reporters Without Borders is turning to gaming to give a voice to censored writers from countries such as Egypt, Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Technology : Minecraft : Digital

A viral Instagram account becomes a newspaper

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A viral Instagram account becomes a newspaper

The Instagram account @OverheardLA has released a physical newspaper that offers a new take on Californian culture.

Media : Culture : Branded Content

The FT develops a bot to tackle gender bias

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The FT develops a bot to tackle gender bias

The newspaper has created a new tool to alert journalists if their articles quote too many men, with a view to including more female perspectives.

Female Futures : Gender Bias : Culture

The Uncensored Playlist is turning news into songs

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The Uncensored Playlist is turning news into songs

Reporters Without Borders has found a way to bring censored news articles to countries without press freedom: music.

Media : Culture : Journalism

Tortoise takes a slow approach to breaking news

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Tortoise takes a slow approach to breaking news

The new media company aims to cut through the noise of modern news by focusing on slow journalism.

Media : Culture : The Focus Filter

The truth is worth it, says The New York Times

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The truth is worth it, says The New York Times

Rallying against the fake news claims levelled at it by President Donald Trump, the New York Times newspaper has released a new series of adverts t...

Media : Journalism : News

Platform for truth

Big Ideas

Platform for truth

US – Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has launched a news website that aims to provide quality news that readers can trust.

Civic Brands : Journalism : The Dislocated World

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Have EWE Zine?

London – EWE Zine is billed as the world’s first video magazine.

Journalism : Media : Video

Self-reflection

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Self-reflection

US – Inspired by today’s era of post-truth politics, The Atlantic has launched a campaign that invites people to challenge their assumptions.

The Atlantic : Backlash Brands : Journalism

Influencer instinct

Big Ideas

Influencer instinct

UK – Cosmopolitan has collaborated with Millennial influencers to launch the Cosmopolitan Influencer Network.

Cosmopolitan : Influencer Market : Millenials

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Beauty quest

London – Harvey Nichols has invited a series of beauty influencers to test and endorse products for its Holy Grail project.

Harvey Nichols : Fleur De Force : Influencers

The changing newsroom

Big Ideas

The changing newsroom

New York – The New York Times has released a new report that outlines its newsroom’s future strategy and aspirations.

New York Times : Journalism : Media

Curating conversations

Big Ideas

Curating conversations

Global – Facebook has developed a new platform that aims to create a healthy news eco-system.

Facebook Journalism Project : Facebook : Media

Documenting revolution

Big Ideas

Documenting revolution

US – Vice has announced the making of The Third Industrial Revolution, a new documentary designed to help change America’s future infrastructure.

Vice : The Dislocated World : The Third Industrial Revolution

A snapshot of our epoch

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A snapshot of our epoch

London – Screen Shot is a new zine that integrates the digital and physical worlds of publishing to create a cultural archive.

Screen Shot : Shira Jeczmien : Archive

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Mirrored media

London – Niijournal is a new print magazine that focuses on themes of race and empowerment.

Niijournal : Addy Campbell : #blacklivesmatter

Read all about it

Big Ideas

Read all about it

Global – There is life for long-form articles on mobile after all, according to a study by Pew Research Center.

Pew Research Center : News : Mobiles

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Life inside

UK – The Guardian Media Group has launched a visceral virtual reality (VR) article on life inside a solitary confinement prison cell.

The Guardian : 6x9: A Virtual Experience Of Solitary Confinement : Virtual Reality

Virtual empathy storytelling

Big Ideas

Virtual empathy storytelling

New York – The New York Times has used Google Virtual Reality to increase readers’ emotional experience of the refugee crisis.

Mission Media : Transmedia Storytelling : Virtual Reality

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