News #laidoff: Sacked journalists still passionate about industry, study suggests New research from Journalism.co.uk and the University of Central Lancashire follows up on some of the journalists made redundant in recent years By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Leading lawyer says UK privacy law is threat to editorial freedom Investigative journalism and free speech will suffer from the UK's "creeping privacy law", claims Ken MacDonald QC By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Political fact-checking site signs up sixth US newspaper Using PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel will rate the accuracy of statements by elected officials, politicians and political parties By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News BBC using Ushahidi's Crowdmap to plot tube strikes Broadcaster is plotting text reports, tweets and audio updates from listeners and viewers about their problems with transport during the strikes By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News SAE launches new London-based digital journalism course The Digital Journalism Diploma certificate is aimed at online journalists, PR and communications professionals By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Haymarket sells Packaging News and AV Magazine Business-to-business titles sold to Metropolis International Group Ltd. By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News New European network launched for health journalists The Association of Health Care Journalists has set up the Covering Europe section of its website to encourage European writers to share links, queries and articles By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Johnston Press promotes Henry Faure Walker to digital director role Former general manager of Scotsman Publications takes up new role as digital and business development director immediately By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Russian news agency launches new sports arm New Ria Navosti agency will be led by Dmitry Tugarin, former adviser to the chief of the Russian federal agency for sport and physical education By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Archant replaces regional titles with 'newszine' The new title Scene will replace the Harlow Herald and the East Herts Herald with no editorial redundancies By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Demand Media among fastest growing UK online companies, traffic survey suggests Figures from the UK Online Measurement company (UKOM) suggest a 111 per cent growth in visits to Demand Media's sites from July 2009 to July 2010 By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Russian news agency launches awards to encourage user-generated content Readers can send material to the "You're a Reporter" site via SMS, email or an upload tool on the website and will now receive points for the quality of content, which can be swapped for prizes By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
