Knowledge Centre
Step-by-step guides, tips, ideas and best-practice articles on topics ranging from reporting responsibly on mental health, to diversifying your newsrooms’ income and developing news products.
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Setting up monitoring for your website
For a digital news publisher, uptime isn’t just a technical metric—it is the lifeblood of your readership, your editorial credibility, and your ad revenue.
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Adding puzzles to your site for monetisation and retention
Integrating games into news publishing websites serves as a direct strategy to convert passive readers into active users, thereby building user loyalty.
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Cloudflare for Independent Publishers: 2026 Cheat Sheet
Protect your reporting from DDoS attacks and AI scraping with Cloudflare. This guide covers Project Galileo’s free security, AI content control, and performance tools built specifically for independent newsrooms.
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Emergency reporting resources
Resources for news publishers on how to cover crises and disasters as they unfold. These may be particularly relevant to hyperlocal journalists during bushfire season in the Australian Summer.
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Two small publishers share their learnings about supporting emerging journalists
Editor for a Day, sub-editing and offering mentorship opportunities: recommendations from The Westsider, The Riverine Grazier and LINA.
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How three publishers use competitions as a community engagement tool
Competitions can be a great way to keep locals feeling engaged and connected with their local newsroom.
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Newsroom quality checklist: 10 steps to error-free reporting
LINA’s simple checklist to ensure polished and accurate content, including engaging sub-editors and using a style guide.
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What to include in your media kit
Founder of Broadstreet Ads and US local publisher Kenny Katzgrau outlines his top tips for creating a great media kit and how to close a sales deal.
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How newsrooms can monetise AI bots
What you need to to know about AI bots scraping news sites, and how to be compensated for your content.
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Help! I’ve been hit with a copyright infringement notice. Now what?
Many newsrooms have received copyright infringement notices from third-party agencies—some real, some scams. Here’s how to tell the difference and what to do if you’re contacted.