Media Voices podcast: Positive News' Sean Dagan Wood on building membership around constructive journalism

As not only a print, but also a street-sold publication, The Big Issue faced serious challenges when the global coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown hit the UK. Here, Managing Director, Russell Blackman, talks us through how the publication responded.

[Sponsored by UPM Communication Papers] The urgency of climate change is clearly on people’s minds. Increased media coverage has helped stoke public awareness, while the clear need to strengthen the global response to this threat has led to the signing of the Paris Agreement¹, which aims, among others, to limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C. 

The way industries respond to a crisis determines how they will respond to a disaster in the future. The impact of Covid-19 on publishing has brought with it an existential crisis for many. It has also brought innovation and resilience.

In the latest FIPP Insider webinar, author and communications Consultant, Andy Bounds, looks at how you can communicate virtually, brilliantly, in a lockdown world.

As the Covid-19 outbreak continues to change people’s lives, it’s also altering what they want to read. For publishers, assessing what your readers now need - and striking the right balance between informing and entertaining - is a crucial part of forging a way forward.

As publishers look to successfully negotiate the new economic landscape created by Covid-19, commercial partnerships that drive growth back to the core brand will become increasingly important.

Each year FIPP – in partnership with UPM – recognise the future stars of the media industry through the Rising Stars Awards. These are talented individuals who have produced outstanding work, delivered above and beyond expectations and who are the likely leaders of tomorrow. So what trends do these future leaders think we will see across print and digital in the coming years?

As not only a print, but also a street-sold publication, The Big Issue faced serious challenges when the global coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown hit the UK. Here, Managing Director, Russell Blackman, talks us through how the publication responded.

FIPP President and CEO James Hewes spent 11 years at the BBC before joining FIPP in 2017. Here, he talks about the thrill of launching magazines, managing in a time of corona, and how working in the media really is the best job in the world.