News New York Times productions lead World Press Photo multimedia shortlist Productions for the newspaper's coverage of the war in Afghanistan have been nominated in both categories By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Google launches new magazine, Think Quarterly with data issue First edition of the new quaterly title is devoted entirely to data and features contributions from Google staff and freelancers By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Alex Gubbay appointed head of digital content at Johnston Press The current BBC News social media editor will leave to join Johnston Press in June By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Freed New York Times journalists describe 'days of brutality' in Libya Four members of the newspaper's staff have spoken about being blindfolded, taunted and beaten during six days in detention By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Archant KOS Media sees 'massive traffic increase' after turning to e-editions In three months since Kent's 'Your' titles went e-edition only, online readership has increased by 50% but overall readership has fallen By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News Former Sunday Tribune editor appointed by Independent News & Media Independent News & Media appoints Noirin Hegarty as online editor of main news site in Ireland, following the closure of the Sunday Tribune By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Snow map developer creates 'Cutsmap' for Channel 4's budget coverage Channel 4 launches crowdsourced map to track UK budget cuts built by Ben Marsh, who was behind #uksnow map By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Crowdfunded photojournalism platform Emphas.is receives $21K from 'backers' After going live in early March the site claims to already have more than $20,000 in backing from the public By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Equipment again seized from Yemen bureau, Al Jazeera claims Arabic broadcaster reports that the main door to Sana'a office was forced open with a mechanical drill on Monday night By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News BSkyB takeover: plans for Sky News are 'completely inadequate', claims union Broadcast union Bectu has warned that Sky News will still be 'deeply dependent' on News Corp, despite creation of independent company By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Guardian's Simon Rogers wins City University alumni award Guardian Datablog editor said it was 'a real honour' to win the inaugural award, which offers a £500 prize By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Guardian appoints first dedicated mobile editor Subhajit Banerjee joins from the Telegraph, where he helped launch the title's iPad app By Dave Lee • 1 min read
