New subscription-based website aims to give tech news ‘a reboot’

Former Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Lessin launched The Information last week, a subscription-based tech news website, which will cost readers $39 monthly, or $399 annually.

Media guidelines issued for Nelson Mandela’s funeral

Nelson Mandela will be given a state funeral on Sunday, 15 December – set to be among the largest of the past 100 years – and the government has put together a strict set of guidelines for the media.

Why the mega-stories matter

World Editors Forum Board member Andrew Nachison, co-founder of We Media, looks at the rise of integrated storytelling in this guest post, which was originally published on the We Media website.

How the media are covering Nelson Mandela’s death

Nelson Mandela’s face dominates front pages of the world’s newspapers today, after South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma announced the death of the great leader.

Upworthy’s most successful strategy ever

Yesterday, Upworthy published a blog post about why the company has soared to success after just over a year and a half online. What sets them apart, they believe, are their interesting and engaging headlines.

Mandela, the media and a dark day in Kenya

As the world mourns the death of Nelson Mandela, Kenyan journalists are mourning the loss of media freedoms. Separate events, linked by a thread of democratic values.

Winners tell all at Youth Engagement Summit in Poland

They’re elusive, sleepy, hungry, and constantly on-the-go. They’re young readers – or hopefully will be soon. But there’s much more to young people, as well all know. The task for newspapers is figuring out how to best reach them in this sea of information. Most likely it will be on the platform of their choice, covering topics they’re interested in and offering something new – preferably in a two-way conversation

Biden criticises Chinese government on treatment of American journalists

Earlier this week, Vice President Joseph Biden took a moment during his diplomatic trip to Asia to condemn the Chinese government’s treatment of foreign reporters. This comes after journalists from Bloomberg News and The New York Times have experienced delays in getting their yearly visa renewal. If the government does not grant the renewal, the reporters will be forced to leave China.

Medium revamps design, upgrades ‘Beautiful Stories’

Medium, a blog publishing platform from the creators of Blogger and Twitter, has updated its design to focus more on visual elements in a post, and has also changed the way its collections work.

Quebecor, Canada’s largest publisher, cutting 200 jobs

Sun Media, a division of Quebecor Media Inc. and Canada’s largest newspaper publisher, announced 200 layoffs on Wednesday, with a quarter of them coming from the editorial department.