News Crowd-funded tech journalism project Matter raises $140k Digital journalism initiative receives support from more than 2,500 people, after beating its initial fundraising target in just 38 hours By Paul McNally • 1 min read
Credit: Chris Young/PA News Financial Times launches internal award for journalists The award, offering a first prize of £5k, will be funded by current and former journalists By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: by FreedomHouse on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Tom Coghlan: Events in Syria may vanish into 'black hole' Times defence correspondent contrasts his experiences reporting from Libya and Syria in discussion with other journalists on reporting the Arab Spring at the Polis International Journalism Conference By Rachel McAthy • 3 min read
News Guardian website reports record 69m browsers in Feb The latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation show the Sun website was the only one to record an increase in total monthly traffic, although the Guardian claims its unaudited results also show a rise for Guardian.co.uk By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News WikiLeaks: 'We have not finished' WikiLeaks spokesman insists mainstream media still have 'appetite' to work with the site and that a new submission site will be launched 'soon' By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News 12 jobs at risk as Cambridge weekly closed Archant has announced the closure of weekly newspaper Cambridge First two years after launch, with around 12 jobs (six of them editorial) at risk of redundancy By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
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
