Weekly journalism news update: transcription app, journalism students and storytelling

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Every Friday, Journalism.co.uk brings you a round-up of our week’s top stories, giving you all the information you need to know, wherever you are.

Here is the latest journalism news from this week:

App for journalists: Voice Record Pro, for transcribing audio interviews

Instead of writing up the quotes from your last interview, this free app allows you to record audio and instantly turn it into text from your smartphone. Find out how here

The old, the new and the unexpected mediums for telling human stories

In this week's podcast, freelance journalist Masuma Ahuja talks about exploring unorthodox story-gathering methods, such as using answer phone to crowdsource intimate stories about falling in love.

To capture the raw experience of women's lives from around the world, she also sent out disposable cameras to document what motherhood is like in different countries. Listen now

HuffPost UK brings real-life newsroom experience to Birmingham City University students

The editorial team at HuffPost UK will be giving assignments to undergrad and postgrad journalism students at Birmingham City University (BCU) to offer them a real-life experience of working in a newsroom.

At the same time, it will help students from diverse backgrounds, in particular, to access the media industry through networking. Read more

BBC News uses mobile journalism to attract social audiences

A BBC interview between political editor Laura Kuenssberg and the outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May demonstrates the role mobile journalism can play in reaching digital audiences.

The high-profile interview - May's final sit-down at Number 10 - was published last week on television, radio, on the website and also Facebook Watch. But the video was cut and cropped from platform to platform. Read more to find out why

“When news organisations work together, the entire industry benefits”

Newly launched collaborative forum Wire Club allows national news agencies to share resources, lower costs, and develop open-source tools. Read more

Want to learn how to use breaking news as an editorial strategy to grow your readership? Find out how at Newsrewired on 27 November at Reuters, London. Head to newsrewired.com for the full agenda and tickets.