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27/07/2020

Brussels needs its own set of emojis to cut through all the EU jargon 🇪🇺

Check out our new infographic with suggestions for EU comms emojis ➡️ https://bit.ly/2X0nkC8

16/03/2020

Worried by constant coverage on social media?

Poynter has published this guide to de-stressing. Useful whether you're in comms or just feel overwhelmed.

Take care of yourselves, everyone.

From interviews to the precautions we take to our retirement accounts, the COVID-19 story is following us all the time, in our work lives and personal lives.

11/03/2020

is not just a policy challenge for the EU, it's a communication one.

How do you show the population of a founding member that you hear its concerns and you're willing to help?

So far, it seems that hasn't been happening.

The silence from Brussels could be as damaging as the silence on Italian streets

09/03/2020

Twitter is introducing "manipulated media" tags on some tweets. How effective could this be?

In this case, If you're already retweeting Dan Scavino or Trump, it's likely that the message is more important that the manipulated media.

It’s the first time the social network has enforced a new policy to fight doctored videos and photos.

04/03/2020

Separating the fact from the fiction is key as spreads. But some publishers are really going overboard with their email newsletters – as reported by Nieman Journalism Lab.

Do you think this is helpful or counterproductive? 🤔

The number of pop-up newsletters and podcasts is expected to keep climbing.

02/03/2020

Three reasons the EU should be on TikTok: Here's why the EU should embrace the lip-syncing app so loved by teenagers 🎵📱🇪🇺

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27/02/2020

If you're looking for a great podcast on an important topic, look no further than My Mother's Murder from Tortoise Media.

The final episode of this gripping series on the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia is out now. Have a listen ➡️

It is a little over two years since Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta’s pre-eminent investigative journalist, died in a car bomb, and the shock is still being...

26/02/2020

Co-creation. Bandwidth. Circling back. Touch base.

It's not exactly jargon and more "garbage language", according to author Anna Wiener.

Do you think this kind of corporate lingo has its place? Many of us say we hate it, but will gladly pepper our emails with these terms.

The pernicious spread of garbage language.

24/02/2020

The Sun's falling sales/slight growth from its serious sister paper The Times may point to new media landscape.

People aren't willing to pay for red-tops (which they can find online for free), but will invest for good reporting and insight.

Accounts show parent firm still spending an eighth of revenue dealing with phone hacking

18/02/2020

📱 Insta quiz: How many people are on Instagram - 700 million or 1 billion?

Check out our new infographic for the answer ➡️ bit.ly/322X37B

14/02/2020

“You can tell them what the terms mean, but it doesn’t matter. They already feel like that this message isn’t for them.”

End 👏 jargon 👏 now 👏

When scientists and others use their specialized jargon terms while communicating with the general public, the effects are much worse than just making what they’re saying hard to understand. In a new study, people exposed to jargon when reading about subjects like self-driving cars and surgical ro...