News Tool of the week for journalists: freeDive, to create a searchable database A fantastic, easy-to-use tool to allow you to turn a spreadsheet into an interactive database By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Rebekah Brooks questioned by police in payments probe Former News International chief executive was answering bail in Milton Keynes and has been re-bailed until May By Paul McNally • 1 min read
News Labour MPs criticise 'shoddy deal' to shut PCC Chris Bryant and Harriet Harman say Lord Hunt's move to transfer the PCC to a new body appear to pre-empt Leveson inquiry and fail to address underlying problems with press regulation By Paul McNally • 2 min read
Credit: Populous News Union's concern over BBC's unpaid Olympics scheme Bectu says it is 'regrettable' that 500 staff will need to take time from their annual leave to volunteer for Olympics coverage By Paul McNally • 2 min read
News Newsquest journalists threaten strike action if no pay rise Eight out of ten members of the National Union of Journalists working at Newsquest titles have voted that they would support strike action if a pay offer is refused this year By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Chris Young/PA News Journalists call off FT walkout after 'improved pay offer' Members of the NUJ agree to an additional 0.5 per cent pay offer on top of the 2 to 2.5 per cent award given to FT editorial staff in January By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Journalists freed from Libya speak to press about detention Press TV journalist Nicholas Davies-Jones speaks to the press about his experience after being held in Libya for three weeks By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Statistics authority takes Daily Mail to task over riot story Mail article was 'likely to have left its readers with the impression that far fewer crimes were recorded than was actually the case' By Paul McNally • 2 min read
Credit: The Fixed Factor on Flickr . Some rights reserved . News St Bride's offers £3K bursary for MA journalism student The Guild of St Bride is to offer funding initially for three years, the first year backing a student on the MA in Newspaper Journalism course at City University, London By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
Credit: alancleaver_2000 on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News MPs urge government to 'go further' to ensure journalists' safety MPs highlight dangers faced by journalists across the world and calls on UK government to 'stand as a beacon of light on this issue' By Rachel McAthy • 3 min read
News Tributes paid to Los Angeles Times' first woman reporter Dorothy Townsend, who has died at the age of 88, was a pioneer and a lone female reporter in a team of men By Paul McNally • 1 min read
Credit: Fiona Hanson/PA News Times wins appeal in Supreme Court over Flood case The Times has won its appeal of the overturning of an original ruling in the case of Flood v The Times Newspapers, regarding an article published by the newspaper carrying allegations against a police officer By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
