Credit: Thinkstock News Social 'lie detector' will help journalists verify online rumours Following the rumours that came out of the London riots, researchers are developing a platform to automatically verify information from social media By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
Credit: By jeff_golden on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Nottingham Post web traffic up 54% in second half of 2013 Traffic to Nottingham Post was partly boosted by visits to a story on XBox One in December, when figures show monthly traffic of 2.5 million By Abigail Edge • 3 min read
News BBC social media tips for effective Twitter sharing The BBC's Mark Frankel shares tips for making news content more engaging after the corporation topped a list of the most-shared media content by UK Twitter users By Abigail Edge • 3 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News Daily Mail top for UK web-only readers in November The NRS PADD report found the Daily Mail had the highest number of website-only readers across UK newspapers in November, with just under 8.6 million, while 8.3 million was reported for the Guardian By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News BBC content 'most shared' on Twitter by UK users in January Content from the BBC was shared more than stories from other news outlets by UK Twitter users in the first month of the year By Abigail Edge • 3 min read
Credit: By You As A Machine on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Tips on immersive storytelling from The Wall Street Journal John Crowley, digital editor The Wall Street Journal, shared his tips for immersive storytelling at our news:rewired digital journalism conference By Abigail Edge • 4 min read
Credit: Image by va1berg on Flickr. Some rights reserved News 5 tips from BuzzFeed on making content shareable Giving the keynote speech for the news:rewired conference, Jack Shepherd, editorial director of BuzzFeed, shared his tips for making content people want to share By Abigail Edge • 3 min read
News Highlights from the news:rewired digital journalism conference A Storify of tweets from the 11th news:rewired digital journalism conference, held at MSN UK's office in London on 20 February 2014 By Abigail Edge • 1 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News App for journalists: Audio Memos, for recording interviews A number of handy extras, such as the ability to add 'position markers' for easier transcription, edit audio within the app and easy files sharing make this a good choice for recording interviews By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
Credit: By ToastyKen on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How Vizzuality wants to bring mapping to the masses A recent grant from the Knight Foundation will fund experiments in data visualisation and storytelling, but 'democratising maps' is a key idea for the team behind open source mapping tool CartoDB By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Arbron on Flickr. Some rights reserved News 5 ways hyperlocal sites can do more with data In an adapted extract from Data Journalism: Mapping the Future, Damian Radcliffe shares data journalism advice for hyperlocal websites By Damian Radcliffe • 5 min read
News Tool for journalists: Crazy Egg, for heat mapping web pages Visualise where your web pages are getting clicks from visitors with this heat and scroll mapping tool By Abigail Edge • 3 min read
