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🤩 The BBC and @MyBCU are partnering "to equip the next generation of media professionals with the practical skills and industry experience needed to succeed in the UK's rapidly evolving creative industries" bcu.ac.uk/news-events/news/b…
When hackers become sources: Inside the new craft of reporting on hacked data
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The third and final part of our free Investigating the Climate Crisis with Results webinar series is fast approaching!
Hosted by @mar_supa, @TaisGadeaLara and @Theyolu will take on conflict, security and climate solutions as important segments of the #climatecrisis to interrogate.
Registration is still on via: tcij.org/initiative-event/we…
🇨🇳 Check out this feature exploring the secret success of Birmingham’s China Town by alumna @olivialeejourno for @brumdispatch
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Fellowship opportunity for journalists interested in science writing.
@Open_Notebook & @BWFUND are looking for early-career journalists to pitch, report, & write articles with guidance from a mentor.
Stipend: $6,600
Deadline: October 31.
Learn more 👇 twp.ai/4hw4TB
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Around 100 Telegraph staff are believed to have been told they are losing their jobs, almost four months after its takeover by Axel Springer
Focus being put on new revenue streams such as "video, audio, puzzles, events, B2B, licensing, commerce and new products"
Chief exec of the News Media Association on Meta delaying new terms:
“As things stand, Meta will still use its dominance to force publishers into an impossible choice: let Meta scrape their websites or lose access to audiences on Facebook”
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Popular AI chatbots have been found to often ignore local publishers, even on queries about local issues such as council decisions and crime
ChatGPT was found to cite national newspapers (18.8%) almost as much as local ones (21.2%), even on a local query
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Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, said:
"The NUJ strongly condemns attempts to subdue scrutiny and investigative reporting [...] Journalists have a right to report without fear - including on the behaviour and beliefs of people standing for office.”
nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-cond…
“Lifestyle and news site for British Muslims Hyphen set to close” after UAE-based backers of the site withdrew funding.
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NEW: BBC will no longer have a dedicated education editor as part of proposal that will see 100 jobs go across BBC News.
School leaders call the plan “deeply regrettable” and ask for a rethink.
Education/Social affairs editor jobs being combined.
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🏆 Congratulations to @MyBCU journalism alumnus @GWJournalism on being named one of the winners of the Press 30 Under 30 Awards!
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Since 2020 I've taken on @JudiciaryUK exposing #racism #misogyny & #bullying for @EasternEye ✊🏽
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Want to join the best team in local news? 🗞️
We're hiring a Local Democracy Reporter at LeicestershireLive!
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We're trying something new at @nytimes: "The Backstory," a newsletter digging into Times journalism and decision-making. We also talk to critics and skeptics of The Times in a segment called "Sound Off." You can read our first edition here: nytimes.com/2026/10/15/insid…
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The NUJ Birmingham & Coventry branch has passed a motion in support of colleagues at Reach following proposed cuts that would leave just six reporters to cover England's second city.
Write to your MP to reject Reach redundancies using our template letter➡️ nuj.good.do/opposethereachcu…
Junior journalist opportunities at the Independent
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“An Israeli spyware firm has been found to be behind the first-known instance of “zero-click” targeted advertising in which fraudsters or spies can steal private data and send it to external servers, with Al Jazeera journalists among the victims”
aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/1…
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The NUJ welcomes culture secretary Lisa Nandy’s decision to consider intervening in Sky’s proposed £1.6bn takeover of ITV.
The union's general secretary said: "We remain concerned for the livelihood of ITV workers and the health of regional news" nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-supp…
Reuters needed a new term for the largest heat waves: “So we created a new category, the “heat storm” — defined as heat waves that at their peak cover at least 1% of the planet, about half the size of Canada”
reuters.com/investigates/spe…
📌 If you're interested in using data in your journalism - or meeting people who can help - look out for Open Data Camp in Birmingham on Nov 21-22, which former student @paulineroche is helping to organise
Tickets are free + lunch is too!
odcamp.uk/odcamp-11-birmingh… #bcujournos
