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.

Violence escalates as protestors target media organisations in Thailand

Crowds single out journalists and broadcasting stations during demonstrations against the prime minister.

When the ‘Pork Barrel’ hit Manila – part 2

In an interview with editor-in-chief of The Inquirer, Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc, Gunnar Springfeldt gets to the bottom of how the newspaper reported the ‘pork barrel’ scandal that revealed large-scale fraud of public money in The Philippines.

When the ‘Pork Barrel’ hit Manila

Until the devastating typhoon Haiyan, another story has dominated the Filipino news flow this year: the “pork barrel” scandal. The leading Manila daily, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, is responsible for breaking this news story that will change the country forever, and that has seen tens of thousands of Filipinos take to the streets.

Conference looks at how journalists are dealing with change

“You have to try a lot harder if you’re a journalist… It’s no longer where you went to school or what degrees you have. It is your skill,” Mathew Ingram, a senior writer with Gigaom, told participants at the School of Journalism at Sciences-Po in Paris during its annual conference on new journalism practices earlier this week.