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Write like you mean it, not like you ‘prompted’ it TL;DR: for now, perhaps, we must learn to work with – or around – AI, but let’s not allow it to write for, or indeed instead of, us

Write like you mean it, not like you ‘prompted’ it yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/tec...

Surviving Gaza: a personal account of life under siege "Gaza is not just a news headline. It is my home. It is full of people who want to live -not just survive, but live in dignity, in safety, in freedom."

Surviving Gaza: a personal account of life under siege northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...

Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...

Wow, Bylines Network has just hit 19m reads of our powerful citizen journalism.

By supporting us, you’re not funding a news outlet – you’re fueling a movement. We are Bylines Network, by the people, for the people.

A flyer that says "Bylines Network Webinar. Equality and diversity in media and journalism. Where do we go from here? Join media professionals and everyday citizens working to make our media more inclusive. Find out about research, alternative media models, and tools to shape better journalism." There is a QR code to swipe and a URL - https://bit.ly.mediaEDI - for booking. On the other side of the flyer, the speakers are listed. Diane Kemp, Director of the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity and Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Birmingham City University. Jennie Kermode, journalist specialising in LGBTQ issues and film, Bylines Network EDI coordinator and Bylines Scotland writer. Mike Findlay-Agnew, CEO International Network of Street Papers, LGBTQ+ and EDI trainer, and freelance writer on equality. Shirish Kulkani, journalist, researcher and community organiser. Currently News Innovation Research Fellow at Media Cymru/Cardiff University School of Journalism and founder of Inclusive Journalism Cymru.

Bylines Network Webinar | 16th June 2025

Equality and Diversity in Media and Journalism: Where do we go from here?

Tickets available here 👇👇
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Now I know how big it is. Huge. Thanks!

Would you like to put together an article? I have concerns too. Email me editor@centralbylines.co.uk

Big pharma, the NHS, thyroid disease and me A personal account tells the story of a battle with the NHS to get treatment for thyroid disease

In this article we give a citizen the platform to tell their story, and expose how corrupt big pharma has stopped the NHS from giving them – and countless others – the healthcare they need. /1
#TruthToPower

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Free from corporate control and not afraid to take on tech bros - Bylines Big Tech Week starts tomorrow. Here's our tech coordinator Patricia telling you all about it.

Join our webinar with The Citizens to kickstart your own investigations and articles: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We at Central believe that no one's voice should be suppressed. Despite the overwhelming crowds at the #HandsOff protests the MSM seem largely quiet.
If you were there and want your voice heard email us: editor@centralbylines.co.uk

We are Bylines Network
Powerful Citizen Journalism

Children with autism: gently helping to lift the mask Children with autism, especially girls, are too often overlooked and misunderstood. It's time for a system that recognises and supports their needs

Children with autism: gently helping to lift the mask centralbylines.co.uk/news/world/h...

Brilliant video here from @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social about @bylinesnetwork.co.uk and its 10 fantastic publications. A month of celebrating five years of powerful citizen journalism. And tons of ways you can engage and support, not least donating to help us move forward.

Woman stands in front of a crowd with a megaphone to her left is the central bylines and to her right is a red round circle with text reading “interested in writing for the first time? Download our guide”.

We are passionate about amplifying YOUR voice if you have a story to tell we would love for you to join us
Download our brochure 👇🏻

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We intend on helping fill the void created by the decline in regional print journalism.

Thanks for the shout out from the MD of @bylinesnetwork.co.uk, if you have a story to tell from the East or West Midlands or beyond then please email editor@centralbylines.co.uk

Regional newspaper ABCs: No UK daily now has print circulation of 20,000 or more Print circulations at UK regional daily newspapers collectively declined 16% between 2023 and 2024, according to the latest data from ABC.

Wow. Regional print journalism in the UK continues to decline. Makes alternatives like what we do @bylinesnetwork.co.uk even more relevant.

Speaking of which…spotlight on @centralbylines.co.uk who are doing some excellent citizen journalism right now. One of our 10 regional online publications.

Irrelevant and unloved: how the press lost its touch Journalism is in freefall—and the public doesn’t care

A long read but it's worth it. All news providers need to give it some thought
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Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...

Wow, we had over 450K reads in Feb, one of our best ever months for the UK's perhaps even the worlds
fastest growing citizen journalism publication in the

At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, why not help support us here as a one off or regular monthly donation

Firewalls, ‘Wheedling Muskrats’, and the Sunday question Brown alert. Germany is going to the polls on 23 February. Democratic parties are squabbling while the far right mobilises. Back to Weimar?

Firewalls, ‘Wheedling Muskrats’, and the Sunday question westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/fir...

US Coup Gains Speed Europe shakes as new world order emerges. Here's what's not on the front page of the New York Times right now

Please check out this substack. This is a real journalist.
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Forget Valentine’s Day – here’s why you should celebrate Galentine’s Day this year Why Galentine’s Day on 13 February is a great time to show some love and support to all your female relations, colleagues, friends and besties

Galentines Day is today!

Women and their stories are at the heart of what we do in our 10 Bylines Network publications. Research carried out in 2024 found that only 40% of senior editors in UK media and news were female. At the Bylines Network it is 85%

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Two sheep look east in a field. Blue skies with some cloud.

View across the landscape under a blue sky with low white cloud

Blue skies over Shropshire last weekend. South of Cleobury Mortimer, a tough 8k

European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

Twitter just lost around 300,000 journalists. Nice move by the EFJ.

A collage of books: Mother Tongue Tied, The Language Game, Linguistics Wars, Endangered Languages, The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall, Linguaphile, The Power of Language, Because Internet

Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Languages & #Linguistics Books ✨🎁📚

#langsky #booksky

A great British bookshelf revolt buries Johnson’s Unleashed A new craze is sweeping the nation’s bookshops up and down the country in a peaceful protest about a certain disgraced ex-PM’s book Unleashed

There's a new craze in bookshops around the UK...

...namely placing Boris Johnson's new memoir next to other books on lying and/or Brexit damage - or even alongside toilet paper and cat litter...

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Wish we'd seen it! Nice job!

Thanks Ben. Important topic. Not much comes out of my home town. I spotted it on local FB group, and now have a local press officer who'll send me more content. How to put Shropshire on the map!

A Termite line (top) and an Ant line (bottom), each protected by its column of soldiers who face each other without attacking..

Welcome Ben! Looking forward to working with you.

Welcome to the Bylines Network We are built on citizen journalism, nurturing democracy by giving a voice to local people and holding our elected representatives to account.

Delighted to be joining @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social as Managing Director in 2025. January can’t come soon enough!

Citizen journalism is the future. It’s what our democracy and our communities need.

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