News How Pitch Me aims to streamline process of freelance journalism Pitchme.org will offer freelance journalists a place to add previews of their best ideas for editors to peruse and commission By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by cedwardmoran on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Tool of the week for journalists: Masterfile, a research database An Excel file that allows you to create your own research database to document and organise an in-depth investigation By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: The Guardian News News outlets follow Blackberry 10 launch with new apps Organisations including the Guardian, BBC, Independent, London Evening Standard and the Wall Street Journal have all joined the revamped platform, among 70,000 other apps By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
News Storyful launches Kenya elections YouTube channel The social media news wire said the channel will 'bring together all the news, views and grassroots reporting from the Kenyan election trail in one convenient online portal' By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
Credit: By Tom Soper Photography on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News How Tech City News aims to 'spice up' technology journalism The technology and business news site and magazine is edited by former Not On The Wires founder Alex Wood By Rachel McAthy • 4 min read
News Kentishtowner to publish its first print edition 5,000 copies of the 16-page newspaper will be circulated to pubs, bars, stores and cafes in the area By Alastair Reid • 1 min read
News Piktochart launches new infographics tool with interactivity The new app features interactivity features such as hyperlinks and interactive tabs to enable more information to be presented By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News How Scoopinion is sharing news reading data with journalists The news reading app's latest move into 'audience analysis' is helping freelance journalists seek out new audiences, and new commissions By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: dionhinchcliffe on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Washington Post unveils Truth Teller prototype The application, which checks facts delivered in video and audio, was developed using a $50,000 grant from the Knight Foundation's Prototype Fund By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
Credit: Image by twechy on Flickr. Some rights reserved News PANDA: How the 'data library' for newsrooms saves time Newsrooms can use PANDA to collect, store and search data, and can set up email alerts so journalists can be notified of news events By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: By Drnantu on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Why Onswipe offers publishers app and ad alternatives Onswipe creates magazine-like sites for touch-screen devices and enables 'new forms of advertising' By Joe Bond • 3 min read
Credit: Image by owenwbrown on Flickr. Some rights reserved News 14 tips on managing a news outlet's Facebook page Advice from NME.com and Metro in getting more likes, comments, shares and fans By Sarah Marshall • 9 min read
