News Emily Bell to give keynote speech at July's news:rewired The director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism will open proceedings at Journalism.co.uk's conference on Thursday 16 July By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
News 'It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness' – Q&A with Alison Gow In the first of a new weekly series, Trinity Mirror Regionals' digital innovation editor Alison Gow discusses her career, the industry and what aspiring journalists should know By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
Credit: mikecogh on Flickr. Some rights reserved News IFJ issues safety advice for journalists covering Baku 2015 Concerns are growing over surveillance from the Azeri government after it issued warnings to journalists and banned the Guardian from covering the event By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image by andresfranco.net Some rights reserved News BBC, Vice and Al Jazeera win big at Online Media Awards The three news organisations were rewarded for their innovative use of video and photography, as well as crowd sourcing, documentary and podcast production By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: By pagedooley on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News How to create a simple interactive graph with Plotly Visualise your data and embed interactive, annotated graphs in your stories for free By Catalina Albeanu • 4 min read
Credit: By jronaldlee on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News 5 experiments in storytelling from Mashable UK editor Blathnaid Healy explains how new formats are born at Mashable and outlines some of the organisation's recent experiments By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
Credit: Screengrab from the FT Wearables Facebook page News How the FT used wearables to open up the reporting process The newspaper's employment correspondent spent four days being tracked with devices in order to report on a story By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News Vox: Stop worrying about the Facebook algorithm Vox.com engagement editor Allison Rockey shared some of her tips at the News Impact Summit in London By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
Credit: Image by mozillaeu on Flickr. Creative commons licence. Some rights reserved News Ideas to improve the news industry from BBC NewsHack An innovative news aggregator and an online database of journalism tools were among the projects developed during the competition By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
Credit: By James Cridland on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News eyeWitness app launches to verify atrocity crimes The new project from the International Bar Association is aimed at prosecutions 'first and foremost' but will work with the media to verify and raise awareness of crimes By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By JacobEnos on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News 'Old stories, new perspectives': Drone journalism in Africa African SkyCAM founder Dickens Olewe explains how drones can safeguard journalistic independence when reporting on issues and disasters By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
Credit: By ajturner on Flickr. Some rights reserved News How Flashcast is bringing news to commuters in Kenya A combination of SMS and GPS technology offers Kenyans a means to read and engage with news on their way to and from work, even with the most basic feature phone By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
