Credit: Image provided by Redbrick News Redbrick student newspaper site to get redesign The University of Birmingham's student-run site is to give readers more multimedia content and improve usability on mobile devices By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Image: K ennymatic News Russia Today team 'refused entry to arms fair over tweet' A team from Ruptly, RT's video agency, says their press credentials revoked for including the #stopDSEI hashtag in a personal tweet linking to content By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: By fabulousfabs on Flickr. Some rights reserved News 'Party Match' aims to engage South African youth with politics The app, which matches users to a political party that reflects their political beliefs, won the Global Editors Network hackathon in Cape Town last weekend By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By Freedom House on Flickr. Some rights reserved News How Syria Deeply goes beyond the headlines The digital news portal provides context, opinion and original reporting on the Syria conflict By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
Credit: Image by Mark Hakansson News Wannabe Hacks changes model and plans expansion The online resource for aspiring journalists is looking to cover new types of content, from more audio and video content to research and data articles or events and meet ups By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: By JacobEnos on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Sub-Saharan Africa hosts two-day hackathon The event will bring 14 teams together to build apps or websites around the theme of 'active citizenry' as digital journalism continues to grow on the continent By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By Robert Scoble on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Google at 15: Tips and tools for journalists To celebrate Google's 15th birthday here are 15 different ways that Google products can make a journalist's work a little easier By Alastair Reid • 6 min read
Credit: By ToastyKen on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Deadline approaching for development reporting grants The European Journalism Centre's 'innovation in development reporting grant programme' funds projects relevant to the millennium development goals By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: By Drnantu on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News A look at Het Nieuwsblad's strategy for new tablet version The Belgian national newspaper integrates extra video and picture content into the newspaper layout as 'look and feel' of print trumps web design By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Johan Larsson on Flickr. Creative commons licence. Some rights reserved. News How new focus is driving digital revenue at Johnston Press Online revenues and audiences increase for the local news publisher as site redesigns and new digital objectives begin to gather momentum By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: lirneasia on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Radar developing SMS reporting app Citizen reporting organisation Radar is crowdfunding to build an app that lets reporters send secure reports via SMS and allows editors to manage and publish content on the go By Alastair Reid • 5 min read
Credit: By wilhelmja on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News New site from Chicago Tribune crowdsources 'what's hot' in the city NewsChicago, built for the Tribune by CrowdyNews, sources and distributes popular stories from around the area through a curated list of Twitter users By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
