Credit: Image by Thinkstock News How Joota puts content at the heart of social networking The platform lets users create Joota cards for particular pieces of content, where they can host conversations, and curate cards into followable groups By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Business news site Quartz appoints new London-based editor Jason Karaian, who has previously worked for The Economist, has been appointed senior European correspondent at Quartz By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: By Steve Snodgrass on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Fair Observer and its 360° analysis of news The site, which aims to highlight 'the deeper issues behind the news' through analytical writing, is currently crowdfunding for a new site design and other developments By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: The Atlantic Media Company News Publisher of Quartz Jay Lauf to deliver news:rewired keynote A year on from the launch of 'digitally-native' news site Quartz, publisher Jay Lauf will discuss making journalism for the social web By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: By John Thompson. All rights reserved. News Guardian's Joanna Geary to join Twitter UK Joanna Geary, who is currently social and communities editor at the Guardian, will be responsible for Twitter's partnerships with news outlets in the UK By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: By Horia Varlan on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News 7 insights into social strategy at The Economist As The Economist celebrates its 170th anniversary this month, we look at how it has adapted in the digital and social age By Rachel Bartlett • 7 min read
Credit: Image by owenwbrown on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Storytelling tool Meograph introduces Facebook tagging The integration means a user's Facebook friends can be tagged in Meographs, with plans to also introduce Facebook pages and 'custom-defined tags' shortly By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: By Mark Fischer on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News ABC confirms web traffic of 134m for Mail Online in July Figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulation for July confirmed the website for the Daily Mail recorded an 11 per cent increase in web traffic for July, compared to the previous month By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: By Melissa Marques on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Freelancer takes to Kickstarter to fund Madagascar trip Freelance journalist Emilie Filou is hoping to crowdfund £4,500 to support her trip to Madagascar and coverage of stories in two regions By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: By Will Scullin on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Reporting guidance to 'open up' planning appeal hearings The guidance will set out the right for anyone to 'report, film and tweet planning appeal hearings', previously left to the council's discretion, in bid to encourage greater openness By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: By Kashchey the Immortal on Picasa. Some rights reserved. News Investigative news site Exaro brings down its paywall Exaro takes down paywall in move away from digital subscriptions, with a new focus on 'add-on data services ' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News A look at Storyful's Open Newsroom verification project A look at the first two months of the project, which involves a Google+ community working together to verify content shared online By Rachel Bartlett • 4 min read
