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On Google Glass, Snapchat and iBeacons: STIBO Accelerator

The Stibo Accelerator, a member of WAN-IFRA’s Innovation Hub, is teaming up with University students and researchers to stimulative creativity and explore future possibilities for the media industry. Angelique Lu explores the latest projects in motion within the Denmark-based operation.

Is investigative journalism still feasible in the face of 21st century industry upheaval?

As media bodies move to other revenue funding models, it’s often at the expense of investigative journalism. Investigative Impact is a new project by the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) which demonstrates the social impact of investigative reporting. Using high profile case studies, like Watergate, the project website aims to help investigative journalists sell the importance of their work to would-be funders.

Crowdfunding ‘a la carte journalism’: the micro payment alternative to paywalls

‘A la carte journalism’, where consumers pay per article, is billed by some as a viable alternative to paywalls for the media industry. The a la carte model allows people to make small payments for articles that they read, as opposed to paying for the whole publication. Riding the wave, CrowdNe.ws has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise money to develop the model. Angelique Lu reports.

Where academic research and industry experimentation converge: The Media Innovation Hub explained

The recently launched Media Innovation Hub aims to “create a community, an ecosystem for innovation in news media,” according to the Hub’s project Director Stephen Fozard. He says the WAN-IFRA initiative is designed to propel experimentation in the media industry by connecting publishers to academia through research and technology.

Gender in focus: tackling sexism in the news business – on and offline

Forging alliances, flagging sexist practices and providing training to help female journalists tackle ‘cybermisogyny’ are important steps in progressing gender equality and women’s empowerment in newsrooms. Julie Posetti reports.

One man, his smartphone and a bicycle capture Berlin Wall history

The 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall gave visual journalist and film teacher, Robb Montgomery, a chance to create a very personal multimedia story about an escape from East Germany, demonstrating how easy it is for journalists to produce compelling mobile video packages. Angelique Lu reports.

Digital Security and Source Protection: How secure is ‘the cloud’?

The rapid development of technology and personal data means that journalists and their sources are vulnerable to attack. A panel of cyber security experts staged recently in Paris, adddressed the urgent issue of digital security. Angelique Lu was there for the World Editor’s Forum.

Controversy as Google takes on local language content in India

While some news producers have welcomed Google’s move into Hindi-language internet consumption, others are worried about the impact it will have on Hindi news publication revenues.

Time to stop talking about the need for gender equality in the media and start acting to achieve it

The time for talking about the need for gender equality in the media has passed – 2015 should be the year for action. That was the central theme of the first meeting of the International Steering Committee of the newly-formed Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG), staged in Geneva this week. Julie Posetti was there for WAN-IFRA and the World Editors Forum.

Listen up: 10 tips for using audio in storytelling amid the podcasting renaissance

The latest trend in storytelling is not driven by super-innovative technology. It requires no expensive accessories and is accessible to all ages and backgrounds. It’s called LISTENING. Dr Siobhan McHugh, an internationally awarded radio documentarian, is the founding editor of the journal RadioDoc Review, based at the University of Wollongong in Australia.