News Chris Hamilton appointed social media editor for BBC News Hamilton will succeed Alex Gubbay, who is leaving the BBC to join Johnston Press in June as head of digital content By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Guardian leads shortlist for 2011 Orwell Prize Four nominations for Guardian writers from a shortlist of seven in a year of record entries for the prize By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Libel reformer describes new defamation bill as 'extraordinarily open' Lord Lester has described the draft defamation consultation paper and bill as "an extraordinarily open and intelligent document" By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News BBC Trust rejects claim that Panorama cost England the World Cup Complaint that the timing of Panorama documentary on FIFA 'adversely affected' World Cup bid has has been rejected by the BBC Trust By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Guardian closes 'unsustainable' local sites Local 'beatblogger' sites in Cardiff, Leeds and Edinburgh are to close after a year By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
News Information Commissioner's powers 'easily stymied' by press exemption Appearing before the Home Affairs committee, Christopher Graham said he is 'labouring under the special purposes exemption when it comes to some of the issues relating to the press' By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Campaigning photographer Marc Vallee fears return to 'stop and search' Marc Vallee has expressed his fear new laws to replace Section 44 of the Terrorism Act may mean a return to police randomly stopping and searching photographers By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Petition gains support to release journalists held in Libya Campaigners have collected more than 30,000 signatures calling for the release of four journalists held in Libya for three weeks By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News PCC upholds complaint over coverage of sex assault case The Press Complaints Commission described details published about sex assaults written in the Courier & Advertiser in Dundee were "a bad mistake" By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Andrew Marr criticised by Ian Hislop over super injunction Andrew Marr speaks of his "embarrassment" at super injunction which was lifted after a challenge by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Guardian 'double-crossed' by WikiLeaks over Guantánamo leak Guardian and New York Times manage to obtain documents despite being cut out by Julian Assange after 'feud' By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
News Al Jazeera journalist's six years in Guantánamo due in part to role at network New leaked documents show that Sami al-Hajj was held partly in order to provide information on the Arabic television network By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
