Maeve Connolly on LinkedIn: Support independent journalism meeting (2024)

Lots of exciting job opportunities at the Irish News at present - particularly this one 👇 The deadline to apply for the position of Digital Editor is 4pm on Friday March 15 and you can find out more at www.irishnews.com/careers

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This is sure to be a brilliant, thought-provoking event tomorrow. Looking forward to hearing insights and analysis from some top people

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Getting to know my University of Central Lancashire classmates in the Journalism Innovation and Leadership programme has been one of the highlights of 2023.This photograph from Cape Town doesn't include the entire class and it certainly isn't reflective of the broad JIL community nurtured by François Nel, PhD.There is something very special about this postgraduate programme and I feel so lucky to have participated with such an incredible bunch of humans.Here's to more adventures, both personal and professional, in 2024!

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Fresh research from Ofcom into online behaviour among children and adults in the UK is always worth a read and I note with interest theinformation relating to young people.AI - the younger age group in Gen Z and the older children in Generation Alpha are embracing generative AI like the early adopters they are. 79% of children aged 13-17 and 40% of 7-12-year-olds are using generative AI tools and services 18 to 24-year-olds love Snapchat and TikTok, spending longer using these two social media apps than any other - 58 minutes on Snapchat daily and 55 minutes on TikTokSnapchat - 11-12-year-olds spend nearly two hours a day on the appand Snapchat My AI is the generative AI tool most widely used by children WhatsApp - Used by 80% of children aged 10-12, rising to 86% among 15-17-year-oldsGaming - 57% of 3-15-year-olds indulge in a spot of online gaming Social media and wellbeing -67% of children aged 8-17 say social media platforms make them feel happy all or most of the time. Children are most likely to say they encountered their most recent harm on TikTok.Read Ofcom's Online Nation 2023 report for yourselfhere: https://lnkd.in/dFQwvmEq

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A powerful argument for supporting and financing the arts and arts education, plus the benefits of collaboration between the arts, technology and sciencehttps://lnkd.in/edEz-VX6

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Both the New York Times and the Boston Globe are running series where the storytellers are teens. For the NYT it's 13-year-olds; for the Boston Globe it's 13 to 19-year-olds. Each outlet's work looks gorgeous on mobile, but that's only part of the story.I'm reading their stories and it takes me back... some emotions are timeless...but simultaneously I'm aware that the lived experience of these young people is radically different from mine - from gun violence in US schools to growing up with, and on, social media and instant messaging.It's a reminder, for me, to pay attention to these young voices - what matters to them and what hurts them - and to remember that navigating adolescence was challenge enough without doing it online. Check out these articulate young people and what they have to teach us:https://lnkd.in/eZbt5fXNhttps://lnkd.in/eiZR7Jak

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This course - and the people you will meet and learn from - is a wonder. It's equal parts challenging and rewarding and if you take my advice and sign up there will admittedly be the occasional day when you curse me... but the rest of the time you'll thank me

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I'm fizzing with ideas after an incredible, mind-expanding week in Preston with the Journalism Innovation and Leadership crew at University of Central Lancashire.I've loved getting to know the brilliant journalists on this postgrad course who attended both in person and online. To our fellow students all over Africa and in Fiji and Georgia who couldn't make it to Preston, I look forwardto meeting you in Cape Town later this year.On top of learning from the experiences and insights shared by colleagues, we have benefitted from a series of workshops, talks and pep talks from some of the finest in the industry, including the one and only François Nel, PhD, plus Jeremy Clifford, Lisa MacLeod,Kevin Anderson, FRSA, Neil Benson, Alison Gow, John Mills,Dietmar Schantin,Joanna Geary,Matt Cooke,Kirsty Styles,Dmitry Shishkin, Laura Zelenko, Jon Holmes and Andrew Kilmurray. Thank you all.Topics covered included digital transformation, AI, innovation, revenue, audience engagement, resilience, diversity, equality and inclusion, activelistening, sustainability and howoptimism most definitely is not a strategy.Thanks to Professor Peter Lloyd ARE andProfessor Graham Baldwinfor the hospitality and thanks too toSuntosh Kaurfor taking such good care of us all week.And of course I couldn't leave without picking up some Uclan merch. Best believe I'll be back for the 'Class of ...' hoodie!

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