Earlier this month, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) launched Journalism AI, a new project of its journalism think-tank Polis, designed in collaboration with, and funded by, the Google News Initiative. A few months ago, after I made the tough decision of leaving the European Journalism Centre…

A rewrite of a blogpost from 2014, in which I reflected on my first visit to Myanmar, part of a 5-month journey across Southeast Asia — 30 December 2014 Myanmar. I left it almost one month ago but it looks like yesterday and I still think about it. While I was on the plane, flying back to Bangkok from Yangon, I had already decided that I wanted to write one last article about Myanmar before moving the story of…

Notes from building a network of news innovators — This piece is co-authored by Paula Montañà Tor. Is collaboration really the new disruption? One year ago, News Impact launched a Network, with support from the Google News Initiative, to explore this question. We selected a group of members that would represent the diversity of the News Impact community across…

Being an excellent journalist doesn’t automatically make you a good leader. Here are some tips on how to become one. — Leading a newsroom in the modern media landscape is no easy feat and way too often media leaders are not well-prepared to guide their people through change. At the last News Impact Summit of the year, hosted in Berlin on 3 December and powered by the Google News Initiative, we…

This is the first edition of the newsletter "A new kind of journey" that I've started in October 2018 to chronicle the process of leaving the job I had for 3+ years in search of new challenges. — You can subscribe to the newsletter via this link. October 8th, 2014. I’ve just landed in Bangkok, Thailand. The skytrain from Suvarnabhumi Airport takes me to Phaya Thai station. According to Google Maps, a taxi would bring me and my heavy backpack to the hostel in twelve minutes. But I’ve…

Introducing the 16 digital innovators who are teaming up to explore new paths to sustainable journalism in Europe — Recently we announced the launch of a new initiative that will help us support and move journalism innovation forward in Europe and beyond: the News Impact Network. This year, News Impact becomes a conveyor belt for innovative ideas that change journalism methods, formats and practices across Europe. We move from…

The European Journalism Centre and the Google News Initiative announce the News Impact Network along with eight new editions of the News Impact Summits and Academies. — Moving one step further. For the second consecutive year, this is the challenge that News Impact has taken upon itself. At the end of 2016, after 18 editions of the News Impact Summits — media innovation events that focus on how new technology, tools and methods are changing the way…

Condé Nast International’s Head of Knowledge Sharing takes us through the importance of hybrid roles and change management — Good news for Europe’s newsrooms! The European Journalism Centre and the Google News Initiative will work together again this year on more News Impact Summits and Academies. Dates and locations will be announced soon. …

It’s mid-December and the internet is all a big collection of lists and rankings: “10 things I learned about ___ in 2017”, “The best ___ of 2017”, “2017 has been the year of ___”. Annoying? Yes. Contagious? Oh boy. Question: “What is the one thing that I will remember 2017…