Newsroom Leadership

News

How to design a newsroom building for the digital age: Insights from 'Le Monde', AFP and Publix

Newsroom architecture does matter. Managers explain how buildings can help journalists work better and shape the public’s perception of news.

How to run a mission-based organisation: Lessons for newsrooms from Doctors Without Borders

UK Executive Director Dr Nathalie Roberts on balancing the mission with the mundane, fostering healthy workplace culture and setting boundaries.

What BBC Scotland’s leadership learned from launching and scrapping their flagship programme

BBC Scotland's Hayley Valentine and Gary Smith reflect on what this experience taught them about leading through change.

How newsrooms can track (and reduce) their own carbon emissions

‘Le Monde’ and the ‘Guardian’ have managed to make progress in reducing their environmental footprint. Here’s what they've learnt along the way.

Our podcast: What should we expect from journalism in 2025?

"We talk a lot about what newsrooms are doing, but fundamentally the thing that's going to change consumer behaviour is what the big platforms are doing," says Nic Newman in this podcast

Media leaders must keep learning. Here are five principles to guide your learning and ensure it delivers

Lucy Kueng explains why ongoing learning is a necessity, how to prioritise it painlessly, and why it needs to take you out of your comfort zone.

Research

AI adoption by UK journalists and their newsrooms: surveying applications, approaches, and attitudes

This report is primarily focused on whether and how journalists and news organisations use artificial intelligence, and how it relates to other aspects of their work.

Race and leadership in the news media 2025: Evidence from five markets

In this factsheet, we analyse the percentage of people of colour in top editorial positions in 100 major online and offline news outlets in five different markets.

Mujeres y liderazgo en los medios informativos en 2025: evidencias de 12 mercados

En este informe analizamos la desigualdad de género en el liderazgo de las salas de redacción, a partir de una muestra estratégica de 240 grandes medios online y offline en 12 mercados.

Women and leadership in the news media 2025: Evidence from 12 markets

In this Reuters Institute factsheet we analyse the gender breakdown of top editors in a strategic sample of 240 major online and offline news outlets in 12 different markets.

Periodismo, medios y tecnología: tendencias y predicciones para 2025

Nuestra encuesta anual de más de 300 líderes de medios explora las prioridades de los medios para este año y los retos que les aguardan.

Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2025

Our annual survey of over 300 media leaders from across the world explores publishers' priorities for the year ahead, the challenges they envision and how well equipped they are to address them.

Events

Climate change: journalism’s greatest challenge

Watch Wolfgang Blau's important lecture on journalism's role in addressing the climate crisis.

Diversity in Newsrooms - Meera Selva and Federica Cherubini in conversation

Race and media - Meera Selva and Shazia Majid in conversation

Other

The Authentic Leadership podcast

A five-part series exploring authenticity in newsroom leadership.