News for the Future

Paywalls, subscribers and using AI to keep the audience How can news outlets survive in a world of clickbait? It’s both an ethical and a business dilemma. Headlines have always been about grabbing attention. That’s a given. But they also used to be about giving a sense of what the story was about. In aContinue reading “News for the Future”

Ofcom and Media Regulation: Broadcasting Code and Case Studies

Who regulates the media? In the UK, broadcast media channels are regulated by Ofcom – the Office of Communications.. At the heart of this is the Ofcom Broadcast Code. For the purposes of journalism, the sections you’re likely to be most interested in are Due Impartiality and Due Accuracy (Section 5), and the regulations aroundContinue reading “Ofcom and Media Regulation: Broadcasting Code and Case Studies”