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Increasingly, news websites are the product of a converged newsroom operating as a content factory delivering information to whatever device the user turns to in order to access information.

A journalist managing a news website is constantly involved in updating, refreshing and repositioning content in time with the evolving news flow.

Journalists need to be trained in how to recognise and deal with algorithm bias in order to counter the speed and scale at which biased content spreads.

Each bulletin will have a variety of stories reflecting the latest information our listeners are interested in. They are not comprehensive. They should give a flavour of the main points of the stories.

Many news stories involve straightforward reporting on events, but some more complex stories might require legal advice before they are published.

Journalists working on a news website are responsible for publishing content on every device their users to turn to in order to access information.

What should journalists look out for when covering elections? We look at five areas.

Computer-Assisted Reporting (CAR) refers to the use of digital tools such as spreadsheets, databases, and basic statistical analysis to interrogate large datasets.