Credit: Google Maps News Foreign Office 'in contact with family' of British journalist killed in Syria It is believed that Walid Bledi died a week ago while filming a documentary about Syrians fleeing to Turkey By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Neil Wallis denies holding Met 'in armlock' for favours Former News of the World executive who became Met police PR advisor tells the Leveson inquiry he sees nothing wrong with journalists building relationships with police officers By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News Google launches revenue-generating surveys Publishers will be able to make money from microsurveys which Google says could be an alternative to paywalls and ads for news sites By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Tool of the week for journalists: Timeline A new tool for journalists created by a multimedia journalist and journalism professor By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Editor changes at Manchester Evening News and other Trinity Mirror titles New editors for the Manchester Evening News, North Wales newspaper Daily Post, Wales Online and Wales on Sunday By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News Two British freelance journalists killed in Syria, CPJ reports Foreign Office is looking into reports that two British nationals of Algerian descent were killed in Syria on Monday, with a third journalist wounded in the attack By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Orwell Prize 2012 Journalism and Blog longlists announced Guardian journalist Paul Lewis is among those on the Journalism Prize longlist after submitting one day of tweets sent during the London riots By Sarah Marshall • 3 min read
News App of the week for journalists: Viddy, like Instagram for video An iOS app to share 15 second videos via Twitter, Facebook and other social media By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News NUJ asks Richard Desmond to rethink '70 editoral job cuts' The Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday will see sections axed and a number of desks merged, union reports By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News Tool of the week for journalists: freeDive, to create a searchable database A fantastic, easy-to-use tool to allow you to turn a spreadsheet into an interactive database By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
Credit: BBC News Johnston Press CEO signals move to 'digital first' Ashley Highfield tells the Guardian Changing Media Summit paywalls are not the solution for local news sites By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News App of the week for journalists: Social Searcher, for searching Facebook An Android app for searching Facebook without logging in By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
