News 18 data sources for investigative journalists Looking for data on who owns a company, government spending or political influence? Use these resources to get started By Mădălina Ciobanu • 5 min read
Credit: Image from pexels.com News Tool for journalists: FOIA Predictor, for estimating the success rate of a Freedom of Information request in the US This free tool from data.world predicts how likely a FOIA request is to be accepted based on similar requests made in the past By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot from Pop-Up Newsroom News Pop-Up Newsroom aims to unlock best practices for collaboration between news organisations and technology companies The project will document the learnings from each Pop-Up Newsroom to allow anyone in the industry to build on the findings By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
News Through curation, NewsMavens aims to create a front page put together by women in newsrooms Focused on European news, the curators will choose the news items they think are most relevant By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
News For its first Facebook community, Bloomberg brought readers together to talk about personal finance The group is a space where its 1,859 members can ask questions and talk to each other and to Bloomberg journalists By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Screenshot from data.world News How to use data.world to collaborate on projects and datasets This free tool allows you to split the workload with a team, create and collect datasets, and follow other data journalists By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
News With its new project Hertz, Prisa Radio wants to make audio more discoverable online The new feature launched earlier this month, with the aim of enriching audio on demand with transcriptions and tags to make it easier to find online By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Screenshot from Otherworld News Otherworld aims to make local news and events relevant through location-based storytelling The experiment uses beacon technology to send people news and push notifications about what is happening in the area near them By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
News #newsrw: How to follow along with the latest newsrewired event Expert speakers from CNN, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Le Monde, The New York Times and more will discuss the latest trends and techniques in digital journalism on 19 July By Mădălina Ciobanu • 1 min read
News Two years in, the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism is helping other community outlets develop membership programmes The non-profit organisation also collaborates with community outlets to produce a TV show and radio programme By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
Credit: Image by nicknormal on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Journalism 360 Challenge funds 11 projects that explore best practices for immersive storytelling in news The projects have been awarded a total of $285,000 to expand on the narratives, ethics and production of virtual reality, augmented reality and 360-degree video By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
News Lydia Polgreen, editor-in-chief of HuffPost, on inspiring innovation: 'We need to get better at telling our own story' 'News organisations who survived the first round of disruption are now ready for the next wave, wherever it washes up', Polgreen said at the Google DNI Fund conference in Amsterdam By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
