Credit: World Economic Forum on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Ban Ki-moon calls for 'plan of action' to protect journalists In an address to an inter-agency meeting the UN general secretary Ban Ki-moon urges agencies to formulate a joint approach to the protection of journalists By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: NUJ News Newsquest North West staff begin strike over job cuts NUJ members have begun the first of two planned 24-hour strikes over five compulsory redundancies planned across titles in Cheshire and Merseyside By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
News Johann Hari admits plagiarism and returns Orwell Prize Award-winning Independent columnist will take a four-month leave of absence from the newspaper after admitting plagiarism and 'maliciously' editing Wikipedia entries under pseudonym By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
News App of the week for journalists - Astrid Tasks, a task manager for Android Astrid Tasks, a task manager app for Android which integrates with Google Calendar By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
Credit: Lewis Whyld/PA News Leveson inquiry: Brooks denied core participant status Lord Leveson announces those granted core participant status in the first part of his media inquiry, but declines application from former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Guardian launches new homepage for US edition Guardian launches homepage for its new US digital operation and announces plans to hire writing team to support it By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Australia to hold media inquiry after UK phone hacking Communications minister says inquiry will not be 'an attack on News Ltd', News Corporation's Australian publishing arm By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
Credit: David Cheskin/PA News MPs recall James Murdoch over phone-hacking evidence Select committee recalls News International chairman James Murdoch to give phone hacking evidence, who says he is happy to answer any further questions By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Tool of the week for journalists - Batchgeo, for mapping data A free, easy to use mapping data visualisation tool By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
Credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images News Committee calls Les Hinton to give phone hacking evidence Les Hinton, a former News International chairman has been called to give evidence before MPs investigating phone hacking By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News TUC: Unions vote unanimously for 'conscience clause' Unions at the TUC conference in London have backed calls from the NUJ for a new legal clause to protect journalists who stand up against unethical practices By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Offices of Al Jazeera's Egypt TV channel raided Arabic broadcaster claims authorities raided channel's offices on Sunday, confiscating broadcasting equipment By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
