News lekiosk 'confident' on securing all major UK publishers Digital magazine app lekiosk first launched in France before branching out to the UK in June, and Italy earlier this month By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
Credit: Image by kiwanja on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Citizen journalists report Sierra Leone elections by SMS Connecting citizens in a country where 'more people have a mobile phone than have electricity', with editors and the online world By Sarah Marshall • 10 min read
Credit: Image by kiwanja on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Connecting journalists with sources beyond social networks The proposed platform, which is currently being prototyped, will aim to connect journalists with sources on the ground via mobile phones By Rachel McAthy • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Valerie Everett on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Al Jazeera reporter in Gaza answers questions on Reddit Almost 2,000 comments were posted during a Reddit discussion in which Nadim Baba, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza, answered audience questions By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: By Jorge Franganillo on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Data journalism expert Nicolas Kayser-Bril to deliver news:rewired keynote Kayser-Bril will talk about how and why news outlets should place data at the heart of the newsroom, drawing on his experiences at Owni and Journalism++ By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
Credit: Digitzedchaos on Flickr . Some rights reserved. News Pioneers of long-form digital journalism on 'rewriting the rules' How three long-form online journalism projects are questioning the conventions of digital journalism as they develop the discipline of publishing articles of several thousand words in length By Sarah Marshall • 6 min read
News Centaur Media: Digital growth but trading conditions 'challenging' While the company reports 'strong momentum in growing digital' revenue, the outlook for second half of the financial year for the business publishing division is said to be 'relatively uncertain' for ad-led products By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
News Long-form digital journalism project Matter launches Matter, which will produce long-form pieces of journalism on science and technology, has now launched with content viewable as ebooks or online By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Image courtesy of Metro News Metro announces 'mobile-first' strategy and responsive site Metro will release its responsive site 'within weeks' and is launching a digital edition app for Android 'within days' By Sarah Marshall • 3 min read
Credit: Image by potzuyoko on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Citizen newswire Demotix acquired by Corbis In an online announcement Demotix said Corbis 'is acquiring the whole company to better integrate us into their global news operation' By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
Credit: C. Regina on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News PPA: Tablets 'reinvigorate' appetite for magazine media According to the report 68 per cent of tablet users said they 'have read newspapers or magazines on a tablet that they had not previously read in print' By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Johnston Press: Market 'tougher than expected' Interim management statement for 18 weeks to 3 November finds 11.4 per cent decline in total revenues, on a 'like-for-like' basis, or 16.1 per cent on an unadjusted basis By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read