Credit: By Melissa Marques on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News A look at the academic comment site The Conversation As The Conversation approaches its UK pilot halfway point, we look at how the site is delivering academic writing that 'feeds off' the news agenda By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: By ToastyKen on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How the Financial Times has upped its mapping game The interactive team at FT.com can now quickly create scalable maps of anywhere in the world By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by jsawkins on Flickr. Some rights reserved News New milestones for freelance video journalism platform Storyhunter lets video journalists pitch content, and those accepted are offered editorial support and feedback before the final package is submitted to media outlets By Rachel Bartlett • 4 min read
Credit: By Marshall Astor on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Reading Radar app to give context to complex stories The app, which plans to go live by the end of the year, offers a radar-style visualisation containing background reading on topical themes By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News App for journalists: Viz, an iPhone app for making charts A new iOS app for creating visualisations which can then be shared via social media or saved as a jpeg By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: Image by NS Newsfalsh on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Study puts spotlight on time spent reading newspapers 'Quality' titles and broadsheets more successful at maintaining readership times than popular or tabloid brands, research shows By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Image by mjtmail (tiggy) on Flickr. Some rights reserved News 20 search tips and tools for journalists Learn how to carry out advanced online research by trying these tips and tools By Sarah Marshall • 7 min read
Credit: By Luton Anderson on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Why negative comments are like broken windows A look at how and why the quality of content below the line can affect readers, editorial and a publication's brand By Alastair Reid • 9 min read
Credit: By fluffisch on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News The Sun is hiring 16 journalists for Sunday edition A press release states there are opportunities to join the news, showbiz, sports and features desks By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
Credit: dionhinchcliffe on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News The Washington Post sale: Key statements and media reaction It was announced on Monday 5 August that the Washington Post had been sold to Jeff Bezos, also founder of Amazon.com By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: Image by petesimon on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Quartz launches 'annotations' commenting feature The business site has launched a comments system similar to that used by Medium, where readers can comment on individual paragraphs By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: By tristanf on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Lessons in 'clickable' video from online tool wireWAX The wireWAX technology, which also offers a free online tool for more straight-forward tagging of video, has been used by outlets such as the BBC and the Guardian By Rachel Bartlett • 5 min read
