Credit: Image by mozillaeu on Flickr. Creative commons licence. Some rights reserved News How Hacks/Hackers Connect aims to stimulate diversity in the UK news industry The free event, funded by Google News Lab, will consist of a weekend of keynotes, practical exercises and mentorship sessions in London By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: By Kevin Dooley News AP experiments with live streams as appetite for up-to-the-minute video grows The Associated Press produced 25 per cent more live video last year than in 2014, highlighting the growing demand for the format online By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
News 'You learn by collaborating with colleagues, not by strategising alone' – Q&A with The Economist's Denise Law Denise Law, deputy community editor at The Economist, tells us why it's 'totally acceptable not to have all of the answers' in the digital journalism industry By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: By paalia on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News New York Times: The homepage still plays a prominent role The news organisation has mostly been focusing on revamping its mobile apps, but the next step is bringing some of the learnings from the process back to the homepage By Mădălina Ciobanu • 5 min read
Credit: By Financial Times on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News The Financial Times aims to transform its opinion section under first innovation editor John Thornhill, former deputy editor at the FT, will be in charge of bringing new technology into the newsroom to change how the outlet commissions and publishes opinion pieces By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot from qz.com . News How Quartz redesigned its homepage to showcase different storytelling formats The outlet's new landing page features pieces in a variety of formats, including bold visuals, charts and video By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
Credit: Screenshot of Digital Me. Image courtesy of Sandra Gaudenzi News How the Digital Me prototype tells interactive, personalised stories The experiment allows users to start a conversation with their digital alter ego, based on data about their activity on Facebook and Twitter By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
Credit: By Blue Fountain Media on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Data-informed: How the Guardian and the FT use newsroom analytics How much should analytics data influence journalists' work and is there a recipe for measuring impact? By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: By Adam Przezdziek on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Al Jazeera English aims to create 'living stories' for Snapchat Al Jazeera English created its Snapchat account last month, and has since been publishing an average of three stories per week from countries such as France, Iraq and Kenya By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image courtesy of Blendle . News Dutch pay-per-article platform Blendle to launch in the United States in early 2016 The journalism start-up is planning to expand overseas with a beta version of the platform early next year By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: By KOMUnews on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Report: Technology trends journalists should watch in 2016 Bots, ambient interfaces and 'intentional rabbit holes' are some of the trends outlined in Webbmedia Group's annual trends report By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
Credit: By paalia on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News How NYT’s research lab maps the future role of technology in news Matt Boggie, executive director of The New York Times research and development lab, outlines some of the trends the team is monitoring to ensure the sustainability of journalism in the digital age By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
