Conversational interfaces (texting, WhatsApp, even Twitter DMs) are where news readers spend much of their day, but newsrooms have been slow to adapt news delivery and engagement for those spaces, pri...
Rachel Hamada
Rachel Hamada is a journalist director of UK investigative journalism cooperative The Ferret, where she has also worked as head of engagement. She is also community organiser at the Bureau Local, a cross UK network of journalists, technologists and community-minded citizens that harnesses data and collaboration for the public good. Her focus is on making journalism more responsive and democratic so that it meets public needs and so that it shines a light on the grassroots impact of political and corporate decision making.
The need for strong community-based newsrooms has scarcely felt more vital to our democracies, yet local media continues to be under immense pressure, with local investigative journalism facing its ow...
