Google Ad Manager. Picture: Shutterstock/IB Photography Five major US publishers have filed lawsuits against Google claiming its “deceptive and manipulative” adtech practices seriously limited their …
Computational Journalism Watch
Coverage of AI ethics, newsroom tooling, and investigative data practices.
Edward Welsh. Picture: Cheryl Campbell Edward Welsh, who built a career that took him from a NCTJ traineeship on the Grimsby Evening Telegraph to senior roles at The Sunday Times and The Times, has …
Alan Rusbridger Former Guardian and Prospect editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger has joined The New World as editor-at-large. The New World, which rebranded from The New European last summer, said …
Goalhanger subscribers total hits 250,000. Podcast production company Goalhanger now has more than 250,000 paying subscribers across its network of shows including The Rest Is Politics and The Rest …
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Iran’s Internet Blackouts, TikTok Health Misinformation, Visualizing Venezuela’s Oil, and a Fatal Shooting by ICE
Just over two weeks into 2026, and the year has already delivered an extraordinary catalog of geopolitical upheaval, giving data newsrooms plenty to dig into. The shocking capture of Venezuelan …
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Iran’s Internet Blackouts, TikTok Health Misinformation, Visualizing Venezuela’s Oil, and a Fatal Shooting by ICE
Just over two weeks into 2026, and the year has already delivered an extraordinary catalog of geopolitical upheaval, giving data newsrooms plenty to dig into. The shocking capture of Venezuelan …
Sir Elton John and David Furnish (left) and Prince Harry (right) arrive at the High Court in London on Monday 27 March 2023 for a hearing in their unlawful information gathering action against Mail …
Prince Harry outside the High Court in London on Monday 27 March for a hearing in his unlawful information gathering case against Mail publisher Associated Newspapers. Picture: PA Wire/Jordan Pettitt …
Amol Rajan presenting the Radical with Amol Rajan podcast. Picture: BBC/Youtube screenshot Amol Rajan is leaving the BBC Radio 4 Today programme after almost five years to start his own business. …
The top apps for engagement retention: The Times and The Sunday Times, Daily Mail and Mail+ The Daily Mail and The Times have the most engaged app users of any newsbrand in the UK, according to data …
Chinese robot pictured at Web Summit in Lisbon. Picture: Press Gazette/Dominic Ponsford Members of the public in the UK place huge value on real human-generated journalism and are deeply distrustful …
Marfeel research on Google Discover Google is increasingly prioritising AI summaries, X posts and Youtube videos on its Discover mobile aggregation platform. The changes could be devastating for …
In 2024, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) produced a stunning investigation that showed gig workers in the Global South were unknowingly building AI systems used to suppress dissent in …
Cathy Newman picks up the Interviewer of the Year prize from Rob McGibbon and Jeremy Vine at the British Journalism Awards 2025. Picture: Press Gazette/Adam Duke Photography Channel 4 News presenter …
Picture: Shutterstock/GamePixel There have been so many changes to Google’s search engine results pages (SERPs) in the last three years that publishers are still measuring SEO by keyword positions …
It is not easy to catch Ritu Sarin for an interview on the sidelines of journalism conferences, and almost not at all when she is busy in the newsroom. A familiar name in investigative journalism in …
Google AI Overviews shown in front of a Google webpage. Picture: Shutterstock/DIA TV A leading Google public affairs executuive has admitted that the tech giant does not believe it should have to pay …
Paul Morgan-Bentley of The Times picks up the Scoop of the Year prize at the British Journalism Awards 2023. Picture: ASV Photography for Press Gazette Award-winning Times head of investigations Paul …
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How to Run a Mission-based Organization: Lessons for Newsrooms from Doctors Without Borders
Newsrooms and humanitarian organizations have something in common: staff rarely join for the paycheck. They commit to demanding, sometimes dangerous work, usually for less pay than they could earn …
Kerrang’s homepage on 12 January 2025. Rock music brand Kerrang faced a revolt from 16 freelance contributors after it told them 30-day payment terms were being changed to 60 days just before …
GB News title screen in January 2026 proclaiming the broadcaster is ‘Britain’s number one’ GB News says it has beaten both the BBC News Channel and Sky News on average viewership for six months in a …
Top four publishers by estimated number of jobs cut in 2025. Picture credits clockwise from top left: People Inc, Shutterstock/Marmalade Photos, Shutterstock/Marcus E Jones, Shutterstock/Ken Wolter
Emily Kent Smith. Picture: Goalhanger Podcast company Goalhanger has recruited former Sunday Times journalist Emily Kent Smith to the new role of editorial director. Kent Smith was formerly associate …
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Lethal Firing Orders at Protests, Besieged Bawm Community, an Island Habitat in Peril: 2025’s Top Investigative Stories from Bangladesh
Following the 2024 uprising and the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government, an interim administration assumed power in Bangladesh. Nevertheless, attacks on the press continued, as two of the country’s …
Chart showing Referral traffic change year on year. Data: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Google search traffic declined globally by a third in the year to November, according to new …