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CNN's Arwa Damon on Syria: 'One of the most frustrating, difficult and challenging stories to cover'
Arwa Damon on leaving Babr Amr shortly before her friend and fellow journalist Marie Colvin was killed: 'She didn't feel she'd been there long enough to do the stories of the people she'd met justice'
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 21/05/12Where journalism and technology meet: Inspiring projects springing up across the Arab world
Hacks/Hackers chapters have launched in Jordan and Tunisia, and another meet-up group in Amman is creating a citizen reporting tool
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 18/05/12Reporting from analytics: Why journalists should look at search queries
How one news site scooped a murder by checking Google Analytics, and how Fox News switched focus from gunman to victim after checking what its audience was searching for using Chartbeat
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 16/05/12Freedom of Information: Going beyond the scoop
Journalists and information experts discuss ways to bridge the gap between FoI and open data, with a view to saving time and resources in the future
Posted by Elena Cresci on 15/05/12Freelancer of the Fortnight: Jo Walsh
Journalism.co.uk catches up with a member of its freelance community. Jo Walsh is a freelance writer, editor and sub-editor based in London
Posted by Ed Martin on 14/05/12The Big Issue on publishing its 1,000th issue
Journalism.co.uk speaks to editor Paul McNamee about the future of The Big Issue as it publishes its thousandth issue and founder John Bird on why the occasion causes him 'a mix of joy and discomfort'
Posted by Elena Cresci on 14/05/12Five free tools journalists can use to learn how to code
Journalism.co.uk lists five accessible tools and resources available online to get started with, and develop, coding skills
Posted by Elena Cresci on 11/05/12Five of the Guardian Datablog's best visualisations
Great data journalism examples, as shared by Simon Rogers, editor of the Guardian’s Datablog and Datastore, at the annual PPA conference
Posted by Elena Cresci on 10/05/12Reviving the Reader's Digest: Out of administration and onto the iPad
How the Reader's Digest is shaking off its 'gran's magazine' image
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 10/05/12Eight top tips for those stepping into data journalism
A collection of open data resources, aggregators and tools as well as expert advice on how best to work with data in your journalism
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 08/05/12CPJ: Countries under the spotlight on World Press Freedom Day
The deputy director of the Committee to Protect Journalists says journalists face two kinds of censorship: state control and intimidation from powerful groups such as militias and drug cartels
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 03/05/12Ferial Haffajee: 'Africa is a place of hope and that is reflected in its journalism'
Editor-in-chief of South Africa's City Press on the strength of African journalism, her campaigning career and her hopes for the coming year on World Press Freedom Day
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 03/05/12Eurovision contest chance 'for reporters to shine light on Azerbaijan'
Helena Williams of the International News Safety Institute speaks to Azeri journalists about why the event will get voices heard in Azerbaijan, ranked as one of the top 10 global jailers of members of the press
Posted by Helena Williams on 03/05/12Al Jazeera's Webby Award-winning The Stream at one
The successes of The Stream, 'a social media community with a daily TV show', which was first broadcast on Al Jazeera English a year ago today
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How ITV News re-invented its website with live streams of news
Jason Mills, editor of web development for ITV News, explains the news site has been re-imagined as 'people now are used to consuming content in a stream, from Twitter to Facebook timelines'
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 22/05/12