A much-needed guide by Ides Debruyne to the business side of teaming up to pursue an investigation www.journalismfund.eu/news/plea-be... - we need more guidance like this

How to (not) write about numbers onlinejournalismblog.com/2025/09/30/h...

Crime on buses is thankfully pretty uncommon. But which routes in the West Midlands are the worst affected according to #FOI:

“Maintain a kill checklist. Try to kill your own finding. Publish what survived.” And many other tips www.dutchosintguy.com/post/stop-ca...

“GPT-5, even in ‘Thinking’ and ‘Pro’ modes, was a considerable downgrade when compared with the capabilities demonstrated by GPT o4-mini-high” www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

Stop anthropomorphising AI. It’s not “biased” in the way you think. onlinejournalismblog.com/2025/05/07/w...

2. Learn about in-depth investigations from journalists @theguardian.com and @theexamination.org 3. Hone your data skills with @paulbradshaw.bsky.social and the power of story-telling from @healthequals.bsky.social 4. Hear the economic case for reducing inequalities from @davefinch.bsky.social

A new AI function is being added to Google Sheets that could make most other functions redundant. But is it any good? Here’s what I’ve learned in the first week… onlinejournalismblog.com/2025/04/10/g...

🤐 If you can't get access to public data, or information provided by the authorities is not credible, what do you do, how do you obtain data for a story? Here are some techniques used by reporters around the world onlinejournalismblog.com/2025/03/25/h...

I wonder how much fun the writer/sub had identifying when to use blond vs blonde in this piece. Either way, it’s a great example (replace them all with blanks for a cruel subbing test) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Further important 🐹📈 data journalism from @louisashworth.bsky.social and cartography from @theboysmithy.ft.com about the cost of small caged mammals (scm) in the UK: www.ft.com/content/f1cb...

Scottish public bodies have been warned not to take #FOI court action they are likely to lose…advice that could probably apply more widely. FOI stories that mostly avoided this this week...

Important reporting by my colleague Alex Homer on police use of a Clearing House-style #FOI unit. Journalists identified, potential media attention discussed, and forces advised to withdraw previous response www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Research: people are “better at rating false news as false than at rating true news as true” www.nature.com/articles/s41...

‼️ DEADLINE EXTENSION! 🏆 Sigma Awards 2025 As with previous editions, the award will maintain its no-category rule and will have experts in data journalism from around the world constituting its jury and prize committee. Deadline: March 7, 2025 More: https://twp.ai/1TaJrR

I’ve put together a crib sheet of 7 techniques for journalists to get better results from genAI tools onlinejournalismblog.com/2025/02/19/7...

I’m speaking at this event on AI and inclusive journalism next Wednesday if you fancy tuning/popping in (New Broadcasting House, London)

Great piece on the artistic history of Birmingham and where to find the buildings that reflect it open.substack.com/pub/birmingh...

“The issue might be that the energy it saves in training is offset by its more intensive techniques for answering questions, and by the long answers they produce.” www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/31/1...

7 vinklene (angles). På norsk! onlinejournalismblog.com/2025/02/03/d...

Schibsted tells its employees to stay away from DeepSeek www.journalisten.no/frarader-pa-...

We went undercover with @tortoisemedia.bsky.social and exposed the shocking biases of a court expert, whose advice had been pivotal in the removal of children from their mothers’ care

Are your anti/pro-AI arguments about duties, virtues or consequences? onlinejournalismblog.com/2025/01/24/w...

Interesting issue. This is a particularly important lesson for news outlets who use pictures sent with press releases. From now on you’ll not only need to check you have permission to use the picture from the person who took the photo but also check whether it is AI generated.

I like this from Paul Bradshaw on AI ethics and journalism. As he points out, this is a complex and moving field and we all have different starting points about what ethics we are talking about. onlinejournalismblog.com/2025/01/24/w...

"What are some pivots, once deemed infeasible, that might be worth a second look using new technology," asks @digidave.bsky.social.

“Of more than 4,000 cases heard, [The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT)] found in the state’s favour 99 percent of the time. Birney and McCaffrey are now among the one percent.” democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-police...

First up I've examined every UK Christmas number one to see how the nation's taste in festive hits has changed - and scroll to the bottom for our Christmas number ones quiz: news.sky.com/story/the-re...

🧵 Mo Salah is playing some of his best football at the age of 3️⃣2️⃣ but will Liverpool offer him a new deal? The amazing @hkhaliqueloonat.bsky.social and I looked at how forwards age and the risks involved offering older players lucrative contracts @thetimes.com #ddj www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...

📢Anonymous #powerfulperpetrators survey for those who have experienced or witnessed #sexualmisconduct and abuse by professionals. We are looking to interview regulators, lawyers & others working on misconduct, disciplinary cases & professional standards: powerfulperpetrators.org/get-involved/

“I got a full-time job with the Guardian when I was 23, which there’s no way in hell I would have ever got if I was just trying to be a news reporter first.”- read @niamhmcintyre.bsky.social interviewed by Leyla Reynolds onlinejournalismblog.com/2024/12/16/n...

Did a talk on journalism to undergraduates. Learned very interesting stuff about how youngsters consume and interpret information, and how they judge the news media (trigger alert for any journalists out there whose core belief is that we're important). 1) Gen Z/Alpha doesn't think about the news

Tips for searching Bluesky - mostly the same operators as Twitter but there are a couple extra useful ones, including an API (remember those days?) bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Brief update on our ongoing efforts to allow users to specify consent (or not) for AI training: 🧵

The move “highlights that you do not own your followers or your account or anything at all on corporate social media, and it also highlights the fact that Elon Musk’s X is primarily a political project he is using to boost, or stifle, specific viewpoints and help his friends.”

BBC News - BBC Birmingham Digbeth move to bring £282m to West Midlands - study - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

See how your MP voted in the smoking and vape bill by using the Data Unit’s interactive www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Another newspaper written, laid out and ready for proofing over the weekend before going to print - still amazed that as a group of volunteers we are pulling off 32 page publications every fortnight 🗞️ And I'm even more amazed that what started as a short a trial is about to publish a 20th edition 🤯

... and here's the inevitable US politician labeler showing their top corporate donors! bsky.app/profile/hips...

Ignore the headline in the preview and marvel at 4 opening paragraphs of insanely brilliant writing about being a journalist in 2024 www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/n...

If you are interested in studying data journalism (part time options available) pop over to the BCU postgraduate open day this Sunday for a chat www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info... #ddj

More on NotebookLM and other techniques for AI-augmented story research here: onlinejournalismblog.com/2024/08/01/i...

A little thread on NotebookLM and journalism uses. First and most obviously, if you’re a journalist working a specific beat and often referring to reports, research or inquiry evidence, NotebookLM is just an excellent way of keeping those reports in one place, and sharing them with collaborators /1

@hermida.bsky.social this blog post of yours no longer exists but I still talk about it as a way to come up with ideas for video in a story. Did you ever write about it anywhere else?

It’s really, really easy to head into your settings and turn “Require alt text before posting” on. Quickly writing some descriptive alt text every time you post an image takes maybe 30 seconds if not less. It’s a small step everyone can take to make Bluesky a little more accessible for everyone.

Hot area in my field for junior scholars seems to be AI, but if I was advising doc students I’d be looking to work with people who want to study influencer culture, its relationship to journalism, and the social impacts. Work that goes a step past self-publishing and looks at persuasion effects.

We’ve created a Uk/Ireland local newspapers starter pack. It’s a bit sparse right now, but new titles are arriving on Bluesky even as we speak go.bsky.app/Hv6SPzQ

Here's @rahulbot.bsky.social with a thoughtful post about how to do content audits using AI tools: generative-ai-newsroom.com/ai-powered-c... -- lots of helpful info there on how to think about and then measure your news coverage and whether it meets your expectations and goals.

I read, um, a bit. Usually about a book a week. And these are, IMHO, the top ten books for data journalists or anyone curious about new ways of finding great stories🧵: (I will share more genres later.) Please LMK if there are others you would recommend! #Rstats #journalism #news

Oh hi. How are you? Me, I’m good thanks. On the verge of something exciting I think. Yes … it is cool. pencilbooth.com/carolinebeavon