Credit: By JacobEnos on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Sub-Saharan Africa hosts two-day hackathon The event will bring 14 teams together to build apps or websites around the theme of 'active citizenry' as digital journalism continues to grow on the continent By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By Robert Scoble on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Google at 15: Tips and tools for journalists To celebrate Google's 15th birthday here are 15 different ways that Google products can make a journalist's work a little easier By Alastair Reid • 6 min read
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Credit: Image by Images_of_Money on Flickr. Some rights reserved News 10 revenue streams funding investigative journalism A look at four investigative journalism start-ups – Matter, Exaro, ThaiPublica and The Muckraker – publishing to digital platforms By Sarah Marshall • 6 min read
Credit: By ToastyKen on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Deadline approaching for development reporting grants The European Journalism Centre's 'innovation in development reporting grant programme' funds projects relevant to the millennium development goals By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: By Drnantu on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News A look at Het Nieuwsblad's strategy for new tablet version The Belgian national newspaper integrates extra video and picture content into the newspaper layout as 'look and feel' of print trumps web design By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Mark Hakansson News StoryMaker Android app guides easy video creation Mobile journalism: App offers video templates so anyone can tell a story in a 'compelling fashion' By Sarah Marshall • 4 min read
Credit: By Julo (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons News Storyful launches journalist tool for searching social media The free open-source Chrome browser extension – called Storyful MultiSearch – has been created for use in newsrooms By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Travis Goodspeed on Flickr. Some rights reserved News You can now create RSS feeds based on keywords with Ping.it Ping.it's newsgathering and monitoring ability just got more powerful – as you can now set up feeds based on keywords and only surface stories that have gained traction on social media By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Valerie Everett on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Guardian site had 523k more UK readers than Mail Online in June The data also showed the Guardian increased its lead over the Telegraph as the most read quality daily across print and online combined By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: Image by owenwbrown on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Storytelling tool Meograph introduces Facebook tagging The integration means a user's Facebook friends can be tagged in Meographs, with plans to also introduce Facebook pages and 'custom-defined tags' shortly By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Johan Larsson on Flickr. Creative commons licence. Some rights reserved. News How new focus is driving digital revenue at Johnston Press Online revenues and audiences increase for the local news publisher as site redesigns and new digital objectives begin to gather momentum By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
