Laura Oliver

Freelance contributor

Laura Oliver is a freelance journalist based in the UK. She has written for the Guardian, BBC, The Week and more. She is a visiting lecturer in online journalism at City, University of London, and works as an audience strategy consultant for newsrooms. You can find her work here.

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Covering climate in the Global South

Ideas from Paraguay, Indonesia, Africa and beyond.

A media startup is helping local journalists use VR and AR to cover Syria

Frontline in Focus is centering the often neglected human side of stories from conflict zones.

As Putin’s troops attack Donbas, local journalists keep reporting on life and death

"A lot of people need us, so we keep working for our audience," says Olha Kyrylova, a reporter for independent news outlet 'Vchasno'.

How a local paper in Argentina uses AI to publish hundreds of sports pieces a month

“Having robots doesn’t mean we don’t need to hire journalists – it’s the opposite,” says Pablo Pechuan, news manager at ‘Diario Huarpe’.

These reader revenue models keep in mind people who can’t pay full price

As subscriptions become more common, news publishers for Sweden, Spain and South Africa are creating more inclusive schemes.

How a small team of journalists report on one of the biggest refugee camps on earth

News site 'Kanere' holds UN agencies and NGOs to account with its reporting on the Kakuma refugee camp in northwest Kenya.

“They are not ‘fixers’. They are journalists”: in the light of the war in Ukraine, three field producers discuss the challenges of their job

Journalists who’ve worked extensively in México, Gaza and Eastern Europe discuss low pay, safety issues and lack of credit and respect.

Lessons on AI from an old Argentinian newspaper

“We should learn the skills together and then compete for the stories,” says journalist Florencia Coelho.

“Most newsrooms pull women down with work rather than lifting them up”

Mabinty Magdalene Kamara, editor of Sierra Leone’s ‘Politico’, reflects on the obstacles holding other women back.

This Indian news site is training young women in digital journalism to reach remote audiences

“It’s our turn to speak and tell the stories,” says Priya Thuvassery, executive producer at Chambal Media and leader of the project.

Flying solo as a journalist creator in the Global South

Reporters from India, Brazil and Nigeria share what they've learned.

How a respected editor created an independent news site in Venezuela

“We are devoted to working for the people,” says Luz Mely Reyes, founder of ‘Efecto Cocuyo’.