Credit: By amslerPIX on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Channel 4 News 'pops-up' around the UK Channel 4 News's week-long programme of 'pop-ups' in five locations across the UK started today in Cornwall By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: Digitzedchaos on Flickr . Some rights reserved. News The FOIA Machine reaches $50K Kickstarter goal The platform for filing and tracking Freedom of Information requests in the US, which is being built by a team at the Center for Investigative Reporting, will also get $10,000 from the Knight Foundation By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Medium: One year of publishing 'things that matter' Since launching in private beta last year, Medium has been building up its platform, which aims to offer a simple but 'beautiful' reading and writing experience By Rachel Bartlett • 9 min read
Credit: Image by blmurch on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Full Fact launches online fact-finding tool Journalists can use the platform – which is called Full Fact Finder – to find out where to locate accurate facts and figures on a range of subjects By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News Checking the facts: Africa Check expands to new countries Fact-checking website Africa Check is branching out to Zimbabwe, Zambia and Swaziland By Rachel Bartlett • 4 min read
Credit: By Melissa Marques on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News A look at the academic comment site The Conversation As The Conversation approaches its UK pilot halfway point, we look at how the site is delivering academic writing that 'feeds off' the news agenda By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: Image by jsawkins on Flickr. Some rights reserved News New milestones for freelance video journalism platform Storyhunter lets video journalists pitch content, and those accepted are offered editorial support and feedback before the final package is submitted to media outlets By Rachel Bartlett • 4 min read
Credit: By Marshall Astor on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Reading Radar app to give context to complex stories The app, which plans to go live by the end of the year, offers a radar-style visualisation containing background reading on topical themes By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: dionhinchcliffe on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News The Washington Post sale: Key statements and media reaction It was announced on Monday 5 August that the Washington Post had been sold to Jeff Bezos, also founder of Amazon.com By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: By tristanf on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Lessons in 'clickable' video from online tool wireWAX The wireWAX technology, which also offers a free online tool for more straight-forward tagging of video, has been used by outlets such as the BBC and the Guardian By Rachel Bartlett • 5 min read
Credit: By Steenslag on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How Camayak helps newsrooms manage editorial workflows Camayak, which launched in June 2012, has also launched a new liveblogging tool in partnership with a student By Rachel Bartlett • 4 min read
Credit: By jeff_golden on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How LightRocket helps photojournalists showcase work Photojournalists can use LightRocket to create their own website and manage their image collections, and also enjoy promotion to the LightRocket clientbase By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
