Lwindi Ellis signs off from Raise Communications after six-and-a-half years Lwindi Ellis is stepping back from Raise Communications, the Auckland consultancy she founded in 2019, to work with purpose-led organisations across health, sustainability and community.  In a LinkedIn post, Ellis said the decision marked the close of a “special time” building a business that helped charities, social enterprises and values-led brands tell their stories and broaden their impact. Ellis launched Raise after a long career in PR and communications spanning agency and in-house roles in New Zealand and the UK.  Her previous stints include head of PR for New Zealand at Adhesive PR, head of PR and communications at Les Mills International, PR group account director at Eleven PR, PR director at FCB New Zealand and an account director at Goode PR.  Ellis said she would share details of her next move soon Mikayla Han steps up at CampaignXpress CampaignXpress has promot

Hyderabad-based journalist Thulasi Chandu has once again condemned the trolling of women journalists on social media, and the word that matters is again. This is not something she stumbled into once. A few months ago she joined a group of women journalists who met Hyderabad City Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar to flag the harassment they face online. Their complaint described something deliberate. The abuse, they said, appeared organised and built to intimidate and disrupt their work, with some users circulating their residential details. They asked for a proper investigation under the IPC and IT Act and for stronger protection mechanisms for women in the profession. What happened in Hyderabad is not a Hyderabad problem. Reji R. Nair, senior journalist and state committee member of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists, says it is the texture of the job for women across India, and that the abuse rarely engages with the journalism at all. "When it comes to women journalists,

Monday, 22 June 2026 #1  ·  Nation  ·  Data story Pvt hosps get 60% of patients but have little research output By Pushpa Narayan   ·   The Times of India  ·  Page Unknown An analysis of medical research output reveals that private hospitals in India treat 60% of patients but contribute fewer than 10 research papers annually per institution, compared to large corporate hospitals. The story draws on publication data from 18 medical colleges and highlights the stark disparity between patient load and academic output in private versus public medical institutions. The story uses original quantitative analysis — citing publication counts across categories of medical institutions — to expose a structural gap in India's healthcare-research ecosystem that is rarely examined. The use of a comparative data framework gives it genuine investigative weight. #2  ·  Times City  ·&n

Breaking down complex stories into accessible, digestible news is the "bread and butter" for The Daily Aus, says News Editor Adella Beaini. “It's not to make people feel dumb. It's so people don't feel like they're getting left out and, honestly, it's something I probably never thought of in my eight years in a metro newsroom,” she shared on Influencing Insider last Thursday.  “You have to put yourself in the shoes of people that are not necessarily consuming that much news. They might on their morning commute, but not living and breathing [it] for every hour of every day.”  Beaini said social media was central to The Daily Aus' explainer journalism. “It’s meeting people where they are at, it's very shareable content, it's digestible. There's a lot of thought put into the visuals. We all know it's so hard to get people’s attention, whether it’s a website, an app or social media.”  Beaini joined The Daily Aus in March after starting her journalism career at N

Bird flu alarm: WA outbreak raises biosecurity and supply fears Western Australia has confirmed deadly H5 bird flu near Esperance, putting poultry producers and agriculture on high alert amid warnings of potential egg and chicken shortages and price rises. The outbreak has broader national significance because it tests Australia’s biosecurity readiness and could ripple through food supply chains and regional events. Covered by: The West Australian, Sydney Morning Herald. Capital gains tax fight: Albanese under fire as investment jitters grow The Prime Minister is pushing back against claims Labor misled voters on capital gains tax changes, while the Coalition frames the reforms as a hit to aspiration and small business. Business groups and market watchers warn the overhaul could deter investment and weigh on jobs and wages, with housing already showing signs of cooling—turning the debate into a wider confidence test for the government’s economic agenda. Covered by: The West Au

Rajasthan Energy Minister Hiralal Nagar had a clear rule for the journalists who gathered in Tonk on Monday, June 15. The questions could be about the Narendra Modi government's 12 years in office and nothing else. When reporters pushed past that boundary and asked about the problems residents actually live with, the minister folded his hands, declined to answer and walked out. The press conference had been called to mark 12 years of the Modi government, and Nagar opened by listing the administration's achievements. The mood shifted when journalists began raising local issues. Asked why Tonk district still has no rail link to major cities despite years of development promises, the minister reportedly turned sarcastic and suggested the reporter "change his glasses," implying the progress was visible to everyone but him. The questioning did not stop there. Reporters pressed him on Rajasthan's recurring power outages and a shortage of linemen in the electricity department. Those quest

LinkedIn Learning has quietly become a fixture in how journalists and journalism students try to stay employable. The pitch is reasonable. As newsrooms fold artificial intelligence into daily work and digital skills harden into baseline requirements, the platform's short, self-paced courses promise a fast way to keep up. The catch, which its own users and the journalists watching them describe clearly, is that almost none of those courses are built for journalism and the certificates they produce do little to move a hiring decision. Subasheni M, a journalism student, is exactly who the platform is built for. "I have taken courses related to AI tools for content creation, data journalism and multimedia storytelling on LinkedIn Learning, which are quite popular among journalists," she said. The courses, she added, went beyond theory and helped her understand AI-powered reporting tools, data handling techniques and modern storytelling formats that are increasingly part of