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IMS partner Women in Media have published a collection of best practices on equality and diversity in media. Media That Make a Change: Best Equality and Diversity Practices in Ukrainian #Newsrooms focuses on editorial decisions, stories and practical examples that illustrate how Ukrainian media address complex social issues in the context of war.

The collection highlights internal editorial policies that help create safe, inclusive and resilient working environments, offering solutions to help tackle stereotypes and strengthen audience trust.

Read more: https://www.mediasupport.org/news/women-chaplains-and-ageing-without-stereotypes-equality-and-diversity-best-practices-in-ukrainian-newsrooms/

#ukraine #journalism

EmailWire Feb 11

Winning the Saudi Newsroom: 5 Tips for Crafting Press Releases That #Saudi Journalists Will Actually Publish - adopting a “Journalist-as-Partner” perspective. #pressreleasedistribution #KSA #GCC #Gulf #MENA https://zurl.co/6PKf4 #pressrelations #Media #newsrooms #pressreleases

Sameer Padania Jan 28

"[Contractors] have formally handed back the site - now known as The Standard in honour of its former use by the local #newspaper - & its first residents have started moving in." That heritage would be better honoured by including community #newsrooms (cf @[email protected]) in such developments.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oastj2megjwjwu3czrdsmxjr/post/3mdi5tn3jws2a

Unofficial PetaPixel Bot Jan 3

The Vanishing Local Newsrooms Where Photographers Barely Exist https://petapixel.com/2026/01/03/the-vanishing-local-newsrooms-where-photographers-barely-exist-ann-hermes/ #documentaryphotographer #documentaryphotography #pressphotographers #localjournalism #photodepartment #photojournalism #journalism #Spotlight #annhermes #newsrooms #Features #newsroom

The Vanishing Local Newsrooms Where Photographers Barely Exist

Photo departments at local newspapers are now few and far between.

PetaPixel

DW Innovation Aug 25, 2025

The boon & bane of artificial intelligence in times of war.

While the technology helps bad actors to create, disseminate & amply disinfo like never before, it also helps journalists to detect & analyse those narratives, automate tedious work & focus on the very human aspects of their job.

In this report for DWA, Diana Shahbazyan takes a look at how #newsrooms in #Ukraine have been affected & supported by modern #AI tools since Russia's full invasion in 2022:

https://akademie.dw.com/en/making-news-under-siege-ais-role-in-ukrainian-wartime-media/a-73567580

AI's role in Ukrainian wartime media

Under fire from shells and bots alike, Ukraine's newsrooms are facing burnout. Local AI pioneers are fighting back, using AI to combat propaganda and as a spare set of hands for routine work.

Deutsche Welle

Chad Kohalyk Jul 23, 2025

This article from @columjournreview.bsky.social shows how journos use AI in their everyday reporting (and their many concerns!):

https://www.cjr.org/feature-2/how-were-using-ai-tech-gina-chua-nicholas-thompson-emilia-david-zach-seward-millie-tran.php

All valuable perspectives, but what I would like to see is #newsrooms thinking about new PRODUCTS that help readers interact with reporting in novel ways … that the big chatbots can't do. 🤔

This is what I am hoping to hear at #ProtocolsForPublishers next month

https://pfp.unternet.co

How We’re Using AI

The rapid development of AI is already changing how journalists operate. Reporters, editors, executives, and others across the news industry share their advice on how to engage—and where to draw the line.

Columbia Journalism Review

Osna.FM Jul 9, 2025

Union representatives have announced an escalation in the ongoing wage dispute with the German Federal Association of Digital Publishers and Newspaper Publisher... https://news.osna.fm/?p=7098 | #news #calls #newsrooms #revolt #strikes

Newsrooms Revolt Verdi Calls for Strikes - Osna.FM

Newspaper strikes are happening! Verdi calls for walkouts impacting newsrooms as negotiations with the BDZV continue.

Osna.FM

Unofficial PetaPixel Bot Jun 26, 2025

Sony ‘Camera Verify’ Lets Newsroom Share a Photo’s Authenticity via a URL https://petapixel.com/2025/06/26/sony-camera-verify-lets-newsroom-share-a-photos-authenticity-via-a-url/ #artificialintelligence #contentauthenticity #photomechanic #cameraverify #Technology #sonya7siii #Equipment #newsrooms #sonya9iii #sonya1 #News #beta #C2PA #Sony #cai #ai

Sony 'Camera Verify' Lets Newsroom Share a Photo's Authenticity via a URL

It allows newsrooms to share the authenticity of a photo via a dedicated URL so that third parties can view those results directly.

PetaPixel

kayaniv hsal Jun 16, 2025

The Palestinian context exposes the colonial roots of traditional #journalism and calls for a #decolonial approach that centers marginalized voices, promotes collaborative #reporting, and demands structural change within #newsrooms to uphold journalistic integrity.

https://institute.aljazeera.net/en/ajr/article/3222

How Palestine Is Forcing Journalists to Reexamine Objectivity and Decolonize

This article argues that the Palestinian context exposes the colonial roots of traditional journalism and calls for a decolonial approach that centers marginalized voices, promotes collaborative reporting, and demands structural change within newsrooms to uphold journalistic integrity.

Al Jazeera Media Institute

DW Innovation Mar 26, 2025

A participatory, non-corporate #LLM could give #newsrooms control over their #data, monetization, and development priorities, freeing them from the whims of external partners.

(via Tech Policy Press)

https://www.techpolicy.press/could-an-alliance-of-news-organizations-build-an-llm-for-journalism/

Could an Alliance of News Organizations Build an LLM for Journalism? | TechPolicy.Press

Prithvi Iyer considers new research that sheds light on what it would take to build an LLM designed by and for journalists.

Tech Policy Press