Credit: Martin Rickett/PA News Phone hacking inquiry: first hearing announced Lord Justice Leveson to hear applications for 'core participant status' in the phone hacking inquiry, which would grant right to legal representation By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Liz Hingley/Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography recipient News UK photojournalist wins £12,000 Getty grant British photojournalist Liz Hingley was named as one of five winners of Getty Images' annual editorial photography grants By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Joi on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News TechCrunch editor steps down to head up venture firm TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington has stepped down as editor of the site to focus on new venture capital firm CrunchFund By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Michael Bruntonspall on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Guardian calls on WikiLeaks to scrap 'grossly irresponsible' release plans Former media partner urges whistleblowing group not to release cache of unredacted diplomatic cables after BitTorrent leak leaves them available online By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: David Jones/PA News Photo agency pays privacy damages to David Walliams News and photo agency Splash has issued an apology and confirmed it has paid damages to David Walliams and Lara Stone after they complained of harassment and invasion of privacy By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Lewis Whyld/PA News WikiLeaks accuses Guardian over unredacted cables leak Whistleblowers' group blames newspaper for security breach which led to full cache of 251,000 secret US embassy cables being available online without sensitive information removed By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
Credit: Oxfam East Africa on Flickr. Some rights reserved News BBC Somali launches special broadcasts on famine aid The BBC says its journalists have been 'overwhelmed' by questions on relief aid, so have launched special radio broadcasts to help those affected By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News App of the week for journalists - Hindenburg field recorder An iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch app for recording and editing audio By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Local newspaper sites see 25% traffic growth in 2011 The Audit Bureau of Circulation reports overall rise of a quarter in daily browsers across regional newspaper sites, while Swindonadvertiser.com records the biggest monthly hikes By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA News Electoral Commission will not investigate Coulson payments The political watchdog has said it found no evidence that undeclared News International severance payments to Andy Coulson broke electoral law By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: Maik Schuck News Polish journalist wins Goethe Medal for Europe contribution Adam Michnik, editor-in-chief of Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, was presented with the Goethe Medal for his 'contribution to dialogue between Eastern and Western Europe' By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Tool of the week for journalists - ifttt, a promising app for dealing with data A tool that 'puts the internet to work for you by creating tasks that fit this simple structure' By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
