News Android Newsstand app 'important development' for publishers The new app allows readers to sign up for digital subscriptions to newspapers and magazines, as well as being a discovery platform for new free news sites By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News Journalists can now send push alerts using App.net's Broadcast Twitter-like platform App.net announces Broadcast, a new mobile push notification system aimed at journalists and news outlets By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News WSJ publishes video interactive on Syrian refugee crisis News articles, videos and social media are plotted on a map to tell the story of events of the last year on the Turkey-Syria border By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by M. Keefe on Flickr. Creative commons licence . Some rights reserved. News Transcribe software updated with voice-recognition feature New feature for basic account holders allows dictation alongside the audio player and text editor By Alastair Reid • 1 min read
News How a radio station used social to spark a diversity debate Swedish Public Radio's 'dare to speak Finnish' campaign, which crowdsourced responses from Finns living in Sweden, proved emotive By Sarah Marshall • 3 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News 3 ways publishers are repurposing content and 'underlying data' A look at ways to do more with your digital content, using case studies from three publishers, one online-only and two with print magazine products By Rachel Bartlett • 5 min read
Credit: Image by Thinkstock News NewsWhip launches local function for social search tool The newsroom tool for surfacing trending stories now draws on local blogs and news outlets in the UK, US, Canada and Germany as well as national outlets from around the world By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News The Times launches on-site Twitter directories The collections feature an index of staff Twitter accounts, for The Times and Sunday Times, with users able to filter results based on the reporter's area of expertise By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot from i-D.co News i-D launches new site with visuals and community at heart The fashion magazine, bought by Vice Media last year, has relaunched its web offering with a strong visual focus and innovative crowdsourcing By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by va1berg on Flickr. Some rights reserved News 5 ways news outlets are innovating in shareable video Examples of video ideal for sharing on Facebook, Twitter and other social platforms, and for viewing on a mobile phone By Sarah Marshall • 3 min read
Credit: by kodomut on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Long-form journalism publisher Long Play secures €250k prize E-book publisher Long Play first launched in January, with the aim of 'finding a new business model for investigative journalism' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: By ToastyKen on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Students to run 24-hour poverty reporting project Journalism trainees from the UK, US, India and Taiwan will be using mobile and digital tools to report on the causes and consequences of poverty in local communities By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
