News Freelancers offered digital media work exchange in north west Freelance journalists in the north west offered digital media skills on a new exchange scheme By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Orwell Prize 2011 opens for entries Judging panels announced for three categories covering journalism, blogs and books By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Cuban dissident journalist wins European Parliament human rights award Guillermo Fariñas, who set up the independent Cubanacán Press news agency which has now been closed down, has spent 11-and-a-half years in prison and carried out 23 hunger strikes By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News J-Lab funding new round of Networked Journalism project Supported by a grant from the Knight Foundation, the project will contribute $50,000 to each of the four new cities involved By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Mat Toor named head of digital at Imagine Publishing Toor joins the publishers from Dennis Publishing's interactive devision, where he was editorial director By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News The comprehensive spending review: what does it mean for local media? Defence, public sector jobs and the retirement age may have made the headlines, but how will cuts to the BBC and local councils and new broadband services affect local media? By Laura Oliver • 5 min read
News BBC appoints Ralph Rivera director of digital media Rivera, who starts in November, will be responsible for all of the broadcaster's digital media products online By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News UK freelancer wins Kurt Schork award for Afghanistan reports Stephen Grey will receive $5,000 for after his three articles for the Sunday Times, Prospect Magazine and Le Monde Diplomatique won the freelance category By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Hyperlocal news site founder working with local college on web TV project Saddleworth News' Richard Jones will work with journalism students from Oldham College to produce a monthly news broadcast for the site By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Brighton Argus union members to ballot on strike action The NUJ chapel at the newspaper today voted to ballot for industrial action following a planned move of its sub-editing operation By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Jeff Jarvis wins media category at Comment Awards Jarvis' award was one of four for the Guardian, the awards' biggest winner By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News EU declining in World Press Freedom rankings Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index positions Italy 49th and Greece and Bulgaria joint 70th out of 178 countries By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
