Credit: By Walt Stoneburner on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Crowdmap gets major upgrade and goes mobile-first The crowd-mapping tool has been used by news outlets including the Guardian and the BBC By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
Credit: By Guwashi999 on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Huffington Post launches Japanese edition The partnership between HuffPo and newspaper Asahi Shimbun seeks to take advantage of a time when the public is said to have 'lost faith' in traditional media By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Image by owenwbrown on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Facebook publishes best practice guide for journalists 'Media on Facebook', which launched yesterday, will highlight case studies and research of interest to news outlets By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Tool for journalists: PeekYou, for finding people online PeekYou lets you search for people by name, displaying results from LinkedIn, Facebook, Flickr and many other networks By Teodora Beleaga • 1 min read
News How journalists are using Facebook's new live Q&A feature Facebook is rolling out a feature that lets journalists host live chats on pages or on profiles with more than 10,000 followers By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Mark Hakansson News From apps to agency: Vericorder pushes FindStringers Vericorder, which makes apps for journalists, is looking to expand its FindStringers freelance agency By Sarah Marshall • 3 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News The Lincolnite to cover elections live with interactive map The map, built by the hyperlocal site, contains details on more than 300 candidates across 77 districts holding county council elections today By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by slgckgc on Flickr. Some rights reserved News New IP rules 'invert normal operation of copyright' Commercial use of orphan works and extended collective licensing strongly opposed by photographers By Alastair Reid • 6 min read
Credit: Image by Esparta on Flickr. Some rights reserved News NewsWhip launches email alerts to track news in your niche NewsWhip Spike surfaces 'socially-powered news, using the crowd to filter the big stories' By Sarah Marshall • 3 min read
Credit: By Mark Fischer on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Copyright law: Five ways to protect authorship How to make your work safer from breaches of copyright under new government proposals By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Mark Hakansson News Scoopshot launches automatic verification process for UGC The mobile app that sources user-generated images labels content for newsroom use By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Arbron on Flickr. Some rights reserved News How import.io will help reporters extract data from web pages The free tool will let journalists gather, aggregate and analyse data from websites without the need for coding or scraping skills By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
