News Economist leads shortlist for first British Media Awards Economist and Future take most nominations in shortlist for first British Media Awards, run by TheMediaBriefing By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Image by nicksarebi on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Journalist wins XCity alumni award for Arab spring coverage Lourdes Garcia-Navarro was announced as the winner of the university award for alumni, now in its second year By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
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
