How should independent Russian media and international outlets report on Russia’s environment during the country’s war against Ukraine? The Fix’s Veronica Snoj spoke with journalists and eco-activists.
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News media is going through a massive transformation. The Grand Restructuring of Advertising Revenue has left many publications vulnerable, and the effects can be felt around the world. We want to be part of the solution. The Fix, if you will. We aim to be a trade magazine for media professionals. This is a paper for us, and about us. While the great disruption in media is global, the story is different in each part of the world. The Fix is European. We believe that our motley, multiethnic and polyglot region has specific problems to solve – especially compared to relatively homogeneous societies of the US or even China – and thus also needs specific solutions. Language can be a barrier to spreading successful templates and industry best practices – one which we hope to break down with the help of our diverse network of contributors, journalists and experts. Our lingua franca is English although native speakers in our team are a minority (just like Europe). We believe the transformation of our industry is so fundamental that in many ways we need to rethink solutions from scratch. In order to get the best ideas, we need to look across our business – giving voices not just editors but also photojournalists, engineers, or product managers. But we are also interested in the insights we can glean from other industries and how they can improve our work. Our stories aim to shed light on the media itself, the business practices and economic trends. To break down the success stories and understand what we can learn from the failures. But first and foremost, elevate the discourse around media to an evidence-based, reasoned level. As a growing media, The Fix is always on the lookout for new authors and contributors with fresh ideas and expertise in journalism. Feel free to reach out to us with any ideas!
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Newsletters are the second most favoured format by news publishers after video content, according to a survey by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Why not take a cue from Sham Jaff, who has mastered the art of making them profitable? Here's our interview with her 👉 https://lnkd.in/dmcy5YtC
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In an interview with The Fix, Thomas Seymat, who is currently Head of Innovation and Digital for News at ARTE, recounted how he made the switch from content production to his previous role as Editorial Projects and Development Manager at Euronews, how he learned to improve as an editorial project manager, and what others can learn from his experience. ◾ Thomas Seymat had been at Euronews for almost 12 years. After a decade-long journalistic career, he joined the business development team in March 2021. He describes his last position there as a “bridge role” between business development and the newsroom. ◾ Work processes were noticeably different from the times Seymat worked as a journalist. “Contrary to a newsroom role, I don’t really have a day-to-day [work routine]. It’s more like week-to-week rituals and meetings”, Seymat told The Fix. ◾ Thomas Seymat says his switch from journalism to project management happened gradually over many years. When a proposal he championed received external funding to develop 360° videos, Seymat became a de-facto project manager – “without really any dedicated training or really knowing what it was”. ◾ Seymat believes that every journalist has some skills that are useful in project management: splitting a bigger task into smaller ones, getting from an idea to an objective to a deliverable, “is something that journalists do every day”. ◾ One of the hardest challenges in project management is influencing without authority. None of the journalists and newsroom managers Seymat worked with reported directly to him, yet he had to get them to do things on top of their already demanding day jobs. ◾ For those looking to transition from reporting to project management, a practical piece of advice is to find the money for a project, such as by applying for a grant. This will automatically make you the most obvious option for managing the work you helped fund. ◾ The shift requires “changing the mindset”, Seymat says. As a project manager you don’t have the luxury of publishing something quickly and moving on, you need to adopt a longer-term perspective. 📍 Learn more about Seymat’s experience of switching to project management 👇
Switching from journalism to project management – interview with Euronews’ Thomas Seymat - The Fix
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Hundreds of editorial leaders have already signed up for our limited-run newsletter course, which explores how newsrooms can build, grow, and serve their audience. In this article, course author Emma Löfgren, editor at The Local Sweden and contributor at The Fix, rounds up some of the insights she learned when interviewing five leading experts for the course.
Five lessons I’ve learned about audience building - The Fix
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Newsletters are an effective way to establish a direct contact with your audience, unmitigated by the whims of social media algorithms. We got a chance to learn from Sham Jaff, author of ‘what happened last week’.
One news creator’s guide on profitable newsletters - The Fix
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We spoke with Jennifer Mizgata, a consultant and coach who specialises in improving work culture in newsrooms, about what it takes to build a better newsroom culture for both new and established media organisations. Here’s a roundup of seven tips from her. 1️⃣ Start building a healthy newsroom culture early, but catching up later is better than giving up altogether. 2️⃣ When building a new organisation, provide structure and guidance on how people should work together: it’s okay for them to ask about how to do things and get feedback, and people should know where to go. 3️⃣ Be conscious of communicating organisational values whether it’s a 3-person or a 25-person team. Communicating the values externally, to the communities the newsroom serves is also important but often overlooked by media leaders. 4️⃣ Avoid leadership bottlenecks by normalising handing off responsibilities: Instead of the editor-in-chief being the only one who can sign off on story ideas, empower section editors to make those calls. Try to create clear everyday work processes. 5️⃣ For distributed teams, be mindful of communicating availability and work preferences: Try team norming. At the beginning of projects, check in around what people’s communication styles are, how they would prefer to get information. 6️⃣ For established organisations, use inflection points to make changes more natural and minimise internal resistance. 7️⃣ Start with small actions and experiments. This could be something as minor as asking at the beginning of every meeting how people are showing up today, or building in 10 minutes for feedback at the end of a standing meeting. More useful advice in the full article 👇
How to build a stronger newsroom culture – seven tips from an expert - The Fix
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We sat down with Tav Klitgaard, the leader behind Zetland - Denmark's digital journalism powerhouse with over 40,000 paying members. In this interview with Emma Löfgren, Klitgaard shares the innovative strategies that allowed Zetland to bridge the gap between news startups and media giants. From fostering deep audience engagement to their ambassador program that propelled them into profitability, learn the secrets behind Zetland's success in monetising quality journalism.
Zetland’s Tav Klitgaard on audience revenue that works - The Fix
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What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: Starting bigger ▪️The articles featured pertain to thoughts on the big picture in media, reporting on environment amid hostilities, and Zetland's audience revenue model; ▪️Interesting insights on Taboola's deal with Apple to sell advertising within the Apple News app, and thinking behind The Atlantic’s deal with OpenAI from our colleagues at Axios, and The Verge; ▪️Great opportunities from The Associated Press, CORRECTIV, and The Fix Media Foundation. 📍 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for more news on the European media space 👉 bit.ly/TheFix-Newsletter
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New – The Fix's Priyal S. spoke to freelance journalist Sham Jaff about her decade-long experience of writing the “what happened last week” newsletter and making it profitable.
One news creator’s guide on profitable newsletters - The Fix
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Environmental news often gets brushed away – even more so during the war. How should we report about it in the case of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?
How to report on the environment in wartime Ukraine - The Fix
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