Exactly 15 years ago, Nic Newman wrote the very first comprehensive report on the state of product management in news organisations. Today, we want to take stock and analyse the successes, failures, a...
Nic Newman
Nic Newman is Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism where he is lead author of the annual Digital News Report, the world’s largest on-going study of consumer behaviour around news (2012-2025). He also authors an influential annual report on journalism and technology trends and has published recent research on the news habits of young people (including the role of TikTok), and the adoption of AI by news publishers and audiences. Other research interests include podcasts and digital audio, new storytelling formats, social media and misinformation and trust in news.
Nic also works as a consultant helping media companies with product strategy, data metrics, and digital transformation. He was a founding member of the BBC News Website in 1997 where he led international coverage. As Head of Product for BBC News he helped introduce innovations such as apps, blogs, podcasting and on-demand video. For ten years he led digital teams, developing websites, mobile and interactive TV applications for News, Sport, Weather and Local.
Eventi IJF 2025
The 2024 festival panel and article outlining seven ways to combat news avoidance struck a chord with industry practitioners. In this follow-up, we propose to showcase approaches that are demonstrably...
Sette strategie pratiche per contrastare il fenomeno di rifiuto delle notizie
The evidence is clear. We see rising levels of news avoidance and news fatigue in most countries and a disconnect between the agenda and formats provided by news publishers and what audiences say they...
After a brief introduction of how TikTok has become an important source of news for the young, and an update of the top news accounts in the world based on the recent Reuters Institute TikTok report, ...
La pandemia ha gettato dalla finestra tutte le nostre certezze su come gestire una redazione. Giornalisti di tutto il mondo si sono adattati da un giorno all'altro a lavorare da casa: ogni calo di pro...
Podcasts have been a welcome growth area for the media in recent years. Consumption is growing, listeners are young and educated, and engagement is high. But what was initially a low-cost route to div...
The daily news podcast has emerged as a powerful format for creating new habits around news. Done right, the audience will often build a strong relationship with the host (or hosts), creating the loya...
Tutti parlano di audio, ma a cosa serve nella tua redazione? - e nella tua impresa e al tuo pubblico? Se il podcasting era già in aumento lo scorso anno, ora sta esplodendo, e le redazioni di tutta ...
Cosa fanno esattamente i product manager? Perché sono pagati così tanto? Perché tutto richiede così tanto tempo? Perché non parlano inglese? L'editoria non può farlo meglio? Il panel ti darà r...
Gli editori hanno bisogno di partner per la distribuzione se vogliono sopravvivere online. Ma l'ecosistema delle notizie vive un conflitto su ciò che rende equa la relazione tra piattaforme ed editor...
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