In this week's episode of Media Voices, we speak to Refinery29's Jacqui Kavanagh about that brand's success in Europe since it launched in 2015, about what authenticity means to brands and audiences, and why experiential is a growth industry.

In the news round-up, the gang discuss the Guardian's return to black, some unfortunate closures at news sites we've long admired, and whether Facebook's plan to have The People judge the trustworthiness of news outlets is a good idea (no, but what's the alternative?)

We're reading:

- 'The Chicago News Landscape' via the Centre for Media Engagement: https://mediaengagement.org/research/chicago-news-landscape/

- 'How one woman built an award-winning news outlet from her dining room table' via Nieman Lab: http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/01/we-stepped-in-and-started-doing-it-how-one-woman-built-an-award-winning-news-outlet-from-her-dining-room-table/

- ''Time well spent’ is shaping up to be tech’s next big debate’ via The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/17/16903844/time-well-spent-facebook-tristan-harris-mark-zuckerberg