Audience & Social
While Twitter is a journalist’s playground trying to find individual journalists on Instagram can be testing. But Instagram is the perfect platform to showcase creative and visually stimulating data-driven journalism. Additionally, Instagram's interactive tools make it more fun to engage with news. If you are interested
Audience & Social
YouTube, it goes without saying, is very, very big. According to Similarweb.com, YouTube.com is the second most visited site in the US and globally, and most visited for arts and culture. We've all seen the Logan Pauls or PewDiePies of the world rise to success on
Audience & Social
Starting your first social media role? Here's some top tips on how to navigate the industry like a pro.
News
Data journalist, foreign correspondent or social media editor? Take this quiz to find out which discipline of journalism suits you!
News
There are 200+ million users visiting at least one business Instagram account a day, according to Instagram. And as Instagram is a strictly visual platform, the content you create needs to be visually up to par with the millions of other users. Here are 5 editing apps you need to
Opinion
Did you know that the fashion industry is the second largest polluter in the world? Our clothes accumulate waste from water to greenhouse gases emissions. It can take over 15,000 litres of water to grow the cotton for a pair of jeans. The awareness around the topic is growing,
Tips
Journos don’t have time to spare when they’re on a tight deadline. We have got your back! Here's a list of the best Google Chrome extensions for journalists
Tips
The thought of any more emails in an ever-replenishing inbox fills most journalists with dread. But with a bit of careful curation, newsletters are a great asset, helping keep you on top of the daily news, and giving you an edge in your morning meetings. Here at Interhacktives, we’
Data
Data journalism is gaining importance in our day and age. Increasingly, readers look to data journalists for statistics and facts to find the ‘truth’ of a story.
Data
We all know that data visualisations can really bring an article to life. However, I've learned from experience that it's easy to become so engrossed in making a data vis that you compromise the quality by overlooking key elements. Learn from my mistakes and make sure
Audience & Social
As a journalist, it is a good idea to get familiar with Douban, otherwise known as the ‘Chinese Reddit’ to see how can you use it to find news, comments, and opinions from the country of 1.3 billion people. Get your Google Translate ready and let’s take a
Data
You're a budding data journalist and you’ve got your head around the basics - you've played around with Microsoft Excel, you’ve made a few charts here and there, and the thought of statistics doesn’t give you nightmares anymore. But looking for some guidance on