Credit: By PeterJBellis on Flickr News How Quartz passed 5m traffic record in January Editor-in-chief Kevin Delaney explains how the site creates content 'optimised for the free, open social web', and is now recording 15 per cent UK traffic By Abigail Edge • 3 min read
Credit: Image by petesimon on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Tool for journalist: Snapbird, for searching Twitter Track down old tweets in your timeline, as well as favourites, mentions and direct messages By Abigail Edge • 1 min read
Credit: Image by DeaPeaJay on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Wannabe Hacks launches journalist mentoring scheme Young journalists can register for the mentoring scheme designed to offer advice and guidance to those just starting out in the industry By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Thinkstock News Mention launches collaborative feature for social monitoring Journalists using the social monitoring tool will now find it easier to work collaboratively to track news and breaking stories By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News CNN teams up with Dataminr to create 'bespoke' news tool The new platform is designed to give journalists a head start on breaking news and getting a scoop from Twitter By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
Credit: By shawncampbell on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Five social media tips from The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal's Liz Heron shares her advice for social media success as the WSJ reaches four million Twitters followers and almost two million Facebook fans By Abigail Edge • 5 min read
Credit: Photo by raspberreh on Flickr News Rippla relaunches as 'Google News on steroids' New aggregation platform, launching in beta, aims to surface the news content being discussed by 'influential people' and sort hard news from click bait By Abigail Edge • 4 min read
Credit: By jeanbaptiseteparis on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News App for journalists: Together, for shooting and sorting video Shoot, edit, organise, share and store video with this handy app By Abigail Edge • 1 min read
News Tool for journalists: Is It Updated? for monitoring websites Monitor websites and receive notifications when they are updated with this useful tool By Abigail Edge • 1 min read
Credit: By Melissa Marques on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Community managers share tips for engaging audiences On the fifth Community Manager Appreciation Day, experts from the The Times, The New York Times, Metro and The Daily Post share their tips for better community engagement By Abigail Edge • 7 min read
Credit: By julianlimjl at Flickr. Some rights reserved . News 5 ways newsrooms used Vine in its first year We look at the different ways journalists are using Twitter's six-second social video app, which recently celebrated its first birthday. Examples include using the app to cover breaking news, the annual Budget, share data snippets, new perspectives and take viewers behind-the-scenes By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
Credit: Image by katerha on Flickr. Some rights reserved News BBC iWonder aims to 'unlock learning potential' of content The BBC this week launched a set of interactive guides designed to be a 'one-stop-shop' for factual and educational content By Abigail Edge • 4 min read
