Credit: By wilhelmja on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News New site from Chicago Tribune crowdsources 'what's hot' in the city NewsChicago, built for the Tribune by CrowdyNews, sources and distributes popular stories from around the area through a curated list of Twitter users By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
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Credit: By Mark Fischer on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News ABC confirms web traffic of 134m for Mail Online in July Figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulation for July confirmed the website for the Daily Mail recorded an 11 per cent increase in web traffic for July, compared to the previous month By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
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Credit: By Will Scullin on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Reporting guidance to 'open up' planning appeal hearings The guidance will set out the right for anyone to 'report, film and tweet planning appeal hearings', previously left to the council's discretion, in bid to encourage greater openness By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News How the NY Times created multimedia story The Jockey We speak to two of the people involved in creating the news outlet's latest Snowfall-like immersive multimedia project By Sarah Marshall • 7 min read
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Credit: Thinkstock News 5 ways journalists can make the most of portfolio platforms A look at five different features offered by portfolio platforms, to help journalists showcase their work and connect with others By Charlotte Latimer • 4 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News A look at Storyful's Open Newsroom verification project A look at the first two months of the project, which involves a Google+ community working together to verify content shared online By Rachel Bartlett • 4 min read
Credit: Image by the Italian voice on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Journalist Q&A: From online to editor-in-chief at T3 Kieran Alger, the new editor-in-chief of T3, tells us how a digitally native journalist became responsible for a print magazine By Sarah Marshall • 5 min read
News 10 social media engagement tips from the Financial Times We speak to communities editor Sarah Laitner to find out how the FT uses social media By Sarah Marshall • 8 min read
