News 'Small, iterative experiments can work best' – Q&A with Sarah Laitner FT's head of social media and development shares the skills needed for her role, and what the job has taught her about the media industry By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
Credit: Image by r. nial bradshaw on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News The mainstreaming of data reporting and what it means for journalism schools Data journalists and media lecturers debated the data skills needed in the newsroom, at the US book launch of Data Journalism: Inside the Global Future By August Frank • 4 min read
Credit: Screenshot of Digital Me. Image courtesy of Sandra Gaudenzi News How the Digital Me prototype tells interactive, personalised stories The experiment allows users to start a conversation with their digital alter ego, based on data about their activity on Facebook and Twitter By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News ABC: Daily traffic to UK titles soars during news-heavy November The Daily Mirror, Metro and Sun have reported an increase of over 25 per cent in the number of daily average browsers who visited their websites last month By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
Credit: By Leo Hidalgo on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News 3 free iOS apps to edit short videos for social media Check out these apps to create quick video clips for Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other social networks By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
Credit: by curtis.kennington on Flickr. Some rights reserved News BBC Radio 1 uses a 'trail of breadcrumbs' to engage with listeners Connected pieces of bite-sized content are meant to lead the millennial generation to the radio station, explains Joe Harland, head of visual radio By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
Credit: By Blue Fountain Media on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Data-informed: How the Guardian and the FT use newsroom analytics How much should analytics data influence journalists' work and is there a recipe for measuring impact? By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Thinkstock. News On 'the digital frontline', over half of journalists are exposed to traumatic UGC several times a week A new study from the Eyewitness Media Hub highlights the current attitudes to vicarious trauma in newsrooms By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
Credit: By Adam Przezdziek on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Al Jazeera English aims to create 'living stories' for Snapchat Al Jazeera English created its Snapchat account last month, and has since been publishing an average of three stories per week from countries such as France, Iraq and Kenya By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image courtesy of ProCamera News App for journalists: ProCamera, for taking and editing photographs Improve the quality of your images and video footage with this app By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot of the WSJ City app News The WSJ City approach to mobile news is 'a delicate balancing act' How is the London-focused business news app faring one month after launch? By Catalina Albeanu • 4 min read
Credit: Image courtesy of Blendle . News Dutch pay-per-article platform Blendle to launch in the United States in early 2016 The journalism start-up is planning to expand overseas with a beta version of the platform early next year By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
