News Met police 'did not believe' vetting Neil Wallis was necessary Director of public affairs Dick Fedorcio tells the Leveson inquiry that the police force had no reason to believe that former News of the World executive was not a suitable hiring By Paul McNally • 3 min read
Credit: Chris Young/PA News NUJ: FT strike to go ahead as talks 'break down' Union says management at the Financial Times have rejected the union's proposals and that strike action will start at 3pm today By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Tool of the week for journalists: Data.gov.uk's map-based search Search for data sets using Data.gov.uk's map-based search tool By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
Credit: Lewis Whyld/PA News Rebekah Brooks among latest Operation Weeting arrests, reports say Five men and a woman, reported to be Rebekah Brooks, were arrested in the early hours of this morning on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice By Paul McNally • 1 min read
Credit: by FreedomHouse on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Syrian citizen journalists win Netizen prize The media centre of the Local Coordinating Committees of Syria was recognised for working to 'keep the world abreast of the violence wracking the country' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: jsawkins on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Study finds planned local TV coverage 'should be possible' Feasibility study finds 'at almost all locations there is space on the masts near or at the heights assumed' by Ofcom's coverage proposals By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: PA/Joel Ryan News Hundreds pay tribute at Marie Colvin funeral Sunday Times correspondent was remembered as a fearless reporter and buried in her childhood home town of Oyster Bay, near New York By Paul McNally • 1 min read
News Campaigners ask Leveson to publish Motorman files Data from information commissioner's 2003 investigation show extent to which newspapers obtained material from private investigators By Paul McNally • 2 min read
News Tom Watson: Scottish first minister is too close to Murdoch 'Alex Salmond unfortunately seems to be the only western leader that now wants to cosy up to Rupert Murdoch', Watson tells BBC By Paul McNally • 1 min read
Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA News BBC director general new non-exec chair of BBC Worldwide Mark Thompson has taken on the advisory role at BBC Worldwide with immediate effect By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News RSF: 2011 was 'deadliest year for netizens' The press freedom organisation claims that in countries such as Syria 'activism and reporting have become one' as citizens work to provide a flow of information By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Leveson on PCC closure: 'I remain open to other options' Lord Justice Leveson says he is not giving an 'endorsement let alone agreement' to the PCC announcement By Paul McNally • 2 min read
