This week we hear from Max Towey, Co-Founder and CEO at RocaNews. Roca is a start-up building a community around the news that lowers the blood pressure; they believe alarmist and partisan coverage has been responsible for much of the news avoidance we're seeing today. Towey tells us how Roca is aiming for balanced and informative coverage of just a few stories a day, and are hoping to rebuild the younger generation's trust in news. He also explains how they built up over 1 million followers on Instagram, why an email newsletter is one of their most successful products, and why it's so important to lower the temperature around political discourse.
In the news roundup the team asks whether hyperpartisanship is making its way across the Atlantic, based on a (very scary) report about a universal drop in trust in US news media. In the news in brief, we look at whether Europe is working smarter not harder when it comes to the podcasting industry; why has the Guardian hopped into bed with Google for funding; and discuss the latest bid for attention from manchild Elon Musk around Twitter.
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The Telegraph's Director of Product Cat Wildman on navigating tech trends and platforms
Media Voices: Bauer Xcel's Ian Betteridge on leading a data-driven digital division
Media Voices: Deadspin editor in chief Megan Greenwell on a bigger mission for sports journalism
Media Voices: Allure editor in chief Michelle Lee on representation in magazines
Media Voices: White Light Media CEO Fraser Allen on indie mags and content marketing
Media Voices: The Book Of Man founder Martin Robinson on promoting mental health online
Media Voices Paywall Special
Media Voices: PressPad founder Olivia Crellin on the need for diversity in journalism
Media Voices: LSE's Charlie Beckett on its Truth, Trust and Technology Commission
Media Voices: Mic's Cory Haik on millennial loyalty and the importance of deliberate distribution
Media Voices: The Disconnect's founders on experimentation and counter-intuitive bets
Media Voices: The Atlantic's Executive Director EMEA Jemima Villanueva on trust and transparency
Media Voices: Scottish Wedding Directory's Chris Phin on switching niches and ads vs reader revenues
Media Voices: Twitter's VP for EMEA Bruce Daisley on news, live video and transparency
Media Voices: Positive News' Sean Dagan Wood on building membership around constructive journalism
Media Voices: The Pool's Sam Baker on measuring digital success and launching paid-for newsletters
Media Voices: New Scientist's head of data science Kimberly Karman on paywalls and GDPR
Media Voices: European Journalism Centre's Adam Thomas on sustaining quality journalism
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