For the Hungarian media, Péter Magyar’s victory is a sign of progress. As journalist @veronikamunk.bsky.social points out, the previous government used advertising to manipulate public opinion and made it hard for people to access information. Now, the goal is to rebuild a free and healthy media.
In Perugia, four publishers shared their membership growth playbook – @dennikn.bsky.social’s @tomasbella.bsky.social, @theguardian.com’s Lyz Wynn, @uusijuttu.fi's @anttipikkanen.bsky.social, and @kyivindependent.com’s Zakhar Protsiuk. @davidtvrdon.com recapped the session and picked the key patterns
How does a Ukrainian outlet focusing on war reporting work? Why has frontline coverage become much more dangerous throughout the full-scale war? We spoke with Frontliner's Andrii Dubchak and Yelyzaveta Kovtun about their model and how war reporting has changed over the past couple of years.
Viktor Orbán's crushing defeat in the latest elections has triggered a wave of hope for a major overhaul of media freedom. The Fix’s @romainchauvet.bsky.social spoke with @veronikamunk.bsky.social and @beabodrogi.bsky.social to assess the prospects of a press freedom renaissance in Hungary.
SvD Kompakt's success highlights an effective path forward for media outlets navigating audience fatigue. What other strategies have you seen that effectively combat news avoidance?
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The key learning from this initiative, according to Lallerstedt, is to "dare to test new things... it's important that we as an industry do in order to remain relevant." She also emphasizes the importance of setting a clear purpose and involving diverse perspectives when innovating.
The results since its September 2023 launch are promising. SvD Kompakt requires a free subscription and has already attracted around 60K subscribers. Significantly, 60%+ of these users are completely new to the Svenska Dagbladet brand, demonstrating its effectiveness in reaching untapped audiences.
While it leverages the main news flow from its parent paper SvD, the Kompakt team focuses on creating unique content that differentiates it from a traditional news service. These articles have performed so well that they are now featured on Svenska Dagbladet's main front page.
SvD Kompakt presents news in a summarised form, often with a personal touch and a relaxed, humorous style. The goal is to provide a quick and comprehensible service for consumers with little time, leaving them feeling smarter and more informed without the associated stress.
"We did a problem analysis where we saw that the news cycle causes anxiety, making people opt out of reading the news," explains Inanna Lallerstedt. "We thought maybe there could be an opportunity there to offer something new that is lighter with a personal style."
This new service aims to re-engage citizens with a more approachable and friendly tone. We discussed this with Inanna Lallerstedt, head of product and growth at Svenska Dagbladet.
As news anxiety and avoidance become growing challenges for the media industry, the Swedish daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet has launched an innovative solution: SvD Kompakt.
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What does it take to rebuild local journalism? Anton Protsiuk speaks to Joshi Herrmann, who founded @millmedia.bsky.social 6 years ago and grew it into a network of reader-supported local outlets in the UK.
They discuss how Mill Media scaled a reader-funded model by prioritising quality over volume
Most Iranians live cut off from the internet, relying on shortwave radio and Psiphon. In Russia, pager and map sales are surging as Moscow tightens its grip on the open web.
We analysed eight autocracies with severe internet restrictions to map the spectrum of digital censorship through shutdowns.
Frontline reporting has changed drastically – and became much more dangerous – throughout Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine. We spoke with Frontliner, a Ukrainian outlet focused on war reporting.
New from The Fix: Two months into Russia’s blocking of the popular messaging app Telegram, independent media outlets try to stay in touch with their audiences by offering free tools to bypass censorship, @verosnoj.bsky.social writes.
New from The Fix – we profiled Frontliner, Ukraine’s outlet that reports on the Russian-Ukrainian war for Ukrainians and the world. Anton Protsiuk spoke with Andrii Dubchak and Yelyzaveta Kovtun about Frontliner’s model and why war reporting has become more dangerous in the past couple of years.
In 2019, six journalists began meeting informally, tired of the isolation and deteriorating working conditions found in traditional Italian newsrooms. From these meetings, the FADA collective was born.
The most dangerous thing a newsroom can do is write exclusively for "middle-aged white guys" because innovation happens when you start listening to the room. From interns to senior editors, every perspective helps capture an increasingly varied audience, says New Eastern Europe's Adam Reichardt.
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In our latest FixEd podcast episode, Orsolya Seregély sits down with Alina Afonchanka and Alex Vorobev to discuss how we built this digital product and how it’s helping educators and newsrooms prepare the next generation of media leaders.
To bridge that gap, we developed the Media Simulation Game. It’s an immersive, role-play–driven training where teams face realistic editorial challenges in a safe environment.
The most effective leadership training happens on the job. Theoretical education only goes so far in preparing you for the high-stakes reality of a newsroom.
New from The Fix: we analysed eight autocracies with limited internet freedoms and extensive internet shutdowns, from Russia to Myanmar, to understand how censorship works worldwide.
An Italian journalism collective is testing solidarity and mutual support as a way to fight the country's flawed freelance media system.
While foreign journalists request visas to Iran, has Spain's firm 'no to war” stance under PM Pedro Sanchez helped? How do they work there? Is there censorship? How do they operate amid threats of bombing and poor communication? The Fix interviewed Joan Roura, journalist & Middle East expert for TV3