News Mapping tool CartoDB to launch new features The open source software, produced by Vizzuality, has been used by news outlets such as the Guardian and the Wall Street Journal to make map visualisations By Rachel McAthy • 3 min read
Credit: Image by SpicaGames on Flickr. Creative commons licence. Some rights reserved. News News outlets launch apps for Microsoft's Windows 8 The New York Times, Financial Times, and Northern & Shell outlets launch apps for Windows 8 By Sarah Marshall • 6 min read
News Al Jazeera creates interactive video transcripts of debates Each word in the transcripts of the US presidential debates is linked to the exact point in the video where that word is spoken by Obama or Romney By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: Image by mozillaeu on Flickr. Creative commons licence. Some rights reserved News Tips for journalism hack day success A collection of tips and reflections from those with experience of running hack day events for news-related projects By Rachel McAthy • 10 min read
News How Argentina's La Nacion is opening data without FOI Data journalists in Argentina see their role as unlocking data, sharing knowledge and skills and using the limited datasets available to dig for stories By Sarah Marshall • 3 min read
News Big Issue trials digital with vendors selling access cards Big Issue vendors in Manchester will be selling cards with QR codes allowing readers to download a digital edition of the magazine set up to support homeless people By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: Image by ilouque on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Two Trinity Mirror regional sites launch daily liveblogs As part of an experiment by Trinity Mirror regionals to place a 'new emphasis on breaking news' the group has launched daily liveblogs on the homepages of two regional news websites By Rachel McAthy • 4 min read
News Mobile reporting: 15 iPhone apps for journalists Turn your iPhone into a multimedia reporting tool for less than £20 By Sarah Marshall • 7 min read
News Guardian's Meg Pickard leaving to start consultancy Pickard announced on her blog she is to leave role as head of digital engagement at the Guardian as she embarks on independent consulting By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
News BBC News rolls out responsive site to mobile BBC News develops mobile experience as one third of viewers access the website on a phone By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News How Brazil's Estadão gave 'power to the public' with interactive data journalism How a news outlet's data journalism interactive in Brazil sparked academic analysis and gave users a tool to explore the voting records of politicians By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: By Yutaka Tsutano on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Niiiws launches iPhone app reader of 'best of national press' iPad and now iPhone app Niiiws allows users to follow articles written by a particular journalist By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
