News Guardian gets Press Awards nods for WikiLeaks and phone-hacking coverage Guardian WikiLeaks coverage will also compete for Digital Innovation of the Year with the Telegraph, Times and Daily Mail By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Lord Patten confirmed as 'preferred candidate' for BBC Trust chairman Culture, Media and Sport select committee will decide whether to appoint Patten after a hearing on 10 March By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
News NUJ to hold public meeting to discuss World Service cuts Budget cuts at the service are expected to result in the loss of 650 jobs and cost more than 30 million listeners By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Centaur reports revenue boost as advertising bounces back Business-to-business publisher sees increase in print and online revenues and says it is confident that trend will continue in 2011 By Paul McNally • 1 min read
News Google sponsors IPI digital journalism contest with £1.7m grant Grant will help support the IPI's News Innovation Contest, which funds new ways to inform communities using digital technology in Europe, Africa and the Middle East By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News INM has 'moral obligation' to help Sunday Tribune staff, says NUJ Journalists who face six-month wait for redundancy payment will attend rally today to call for ex-gratia help from Independent News & Media By Paul McNally • 1 min read
News STV hails 'excellent start' for hyperlocal network Announcing financial results for 2010, Scottish broadcaster said it was on track to add more hyperlocal sites in the rest of Scotland over the next 18 months By Paul McNally • 2 min read
News Kyiv Post libel case thrown out by high court judge Newspaper will keep a block on UK traffic – put up in protest at UK libel law – in place for the meantime By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News January ABCes: Metro debuts with 5.85m monthly unique users UK freesheet has published online traffic figures for the first time, revealing that half its users are overseas By Paul McNally • 2 min read
News Eric Pickles calls on local councils to give bloggers access to meetings Local government minister Bob Neill has written to all councils calling on them to adopt a more 'modern day approach' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News BBC claims to have new evidence of illegal tabloid practices Radio 4 programme reports that the methods used by private eyes on behalf of journalists go far beyond phone hacking By Paul McNally • 2 min read
News New site aims to expose practice of 'churnalism' Churnalism.com, launched by the Media Standards Trust, allows the public to compare press releases with more than three million articles from the last three years By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
