Google Ad Manager. Picture: Shutterstock/IB Photography Google has reintroduced the ability for publishers to set different ad pricing on its products for the first time in more than six years. …
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Channel 4 News’ Cathy Newman and Esme Wren: Our investigative journalism is ‘more precious than ever’
Channel 4 News producer Claire Sinka, presenter Cathy Newman and editor Esme Wren after the British Journalism Awards 2025. Picture: Press Gazette/ASV Photography Channel 4 News presenter Cathy …
The Duchess of Sussex, the Duke of Sussex, and her mother, Doria Ragland. Picture: Ben Stanstall/PA Wire GB News has apologised on air to the mother of Meghan Markle after a commentator wrongly …
This year, GIJN’s Resource Center team produced a wide variety of guides on everything from investigating climate change to reporting on AI, from digging into Chinese companies to probing evidence of …
I n December 2024, criminals stole thousands of dollars from Steve Beckett at a Circle K convenience store in Indiana. The robbery happened in broad daylight. The thieves didn’t use a gun or a knife. …
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TV producer Keaton Stone became ‘accidental journalist’ with Al Fayed investigation
Keaton Stone speaks while picking up the Investigation of the Year prize at the British Journalism Awards 2025 for Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods. He’s between executive producer Mike Radford and …
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Trump files lawsuit against BBC over ‘deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory’ editing
Donald Trump. Picture: Shutterstock US President Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC seeking up to $10bn (£7.5bn) in response to the editing of a speech he made before the …
A person pulls a copy of The Daily Telegraph out from a newsstand in Paris, France in March 2017. Picture: Hadrian/Shutterstock
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Clandestine Airstrips, a Mexican Mega Leak, and a Crisis of Unidentified Missing People: 2025’s Best Investigative Stories in Spanish
The investigative stories produced in the Spanish-speaking world this year show a vibrant journalistic landscape, despite the challenges reporters now face in many places — from rampant disinformation …
Close-up of Google app including search bar and link to AI Mode. Picture: Shutterstock/Nwz Last week Google announced a raft of deals with national news organisations , under the banner of a new …
Chinese robot pictured at Web Summit in Lisbon. Picture: Press Gazette/Dominic Ponsford A broad coalition of news publishers have backed shared licensing technology which seeks to protect content in …
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AP launches verification dashboard for publishers to meet ‘demand for authenticity’
AP Verify dashboard homepage Associated Press has launched an AI-powered tool to help journalists verify text, photos and videos in one place. The AP Verify dashboard will let subscribers access …
PA Media vertical video PA has adopted a “video-first” approach to its content offering in response to increased demand for live and vertical video content, driven by social media and the agency’s …
Reflecting a year in which both kleptocracy and attacks on independent media have increased worldwide, investigative reporters harnessed collaboration, courage, traditional reporting, and a mix of new …
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News diary 15-21 December: Jimmy Lai verdict, Rishi Sunak at Covid inquiry, Sports Personality of the Year
Jimmy Lai appears outside the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal in December 2020. Picture: Ryan K W Lai via Shutterstock A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team …
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Marie Colvin ‘would have been honoured to meet’ Palestinian award winner Malak A Tantesh
Malak A Tantesh picks up the Marie Colvin Award from Sean Ryan and Jeremy Vine at the British Journalism Awards 2025. Picture: Press Gazette/Adam Duke Photography Palestinian journalist Malak A …
A joint investigation by Bellingcat and Lloyd’s List has identified Saudi Arabia as the newest country to import grain directly from a Western-sanctioned port in occupied Crimea, as Russia attempts to …
Basement Films and Channel 4 team of Nevine Mabro and Ramita Navai pick up the Foreign Affairs Journalism prize at the British Journalism Awards 2025. Picture: Press Gazette/Adam Duke Photography …
Archives offer journalists new muckraking avenues and stories, from revealing how the US government broke promises made to freed slaves in the 19th century to uncovering crimes against humanity in …
Velora co-founders Peter Stuart and Danny Bellion A former editor of Cycling News has launched a new largely automated sports news brand. Velora Cycling and the company behind it, Velora Digital, …
Google AI Overviews shown in front of a Google webpage. Picture: Shutterstock/DIA TV The European Commission has opened an investigation into Google over the use of publisher content for its AI …
Stories featuring dubious experts US PR services giant Cision is now investigating the press releases it hosts for the site MyJobQuote which feature a network of home and garden experts with crude AI …
Gavin Bell and his wife Claire Gavin Bell, daredevil foreign correspondent, travel writer and author, has died aged 78 after a long illness. In a career spanning more than 60 years, which included …
Google Gemini Google is the latest AI tech giant to announce a number of cash deals with leading publishers. Unlike other AI deals with publishers (done by companies including OpenAI and Microsoft ) …
Homepages for NBA Analysis and United In Focus A UK-based sports website publisher has cut 60 staff since September as a result of falling Google referral traffic. But the publisher is fighting back …