Credit: By Yuri Samoilov on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How On The Wight is experimenting with automation in news The Isle of Wight local publisher built a program to automate unemployment reports and hopes to expand it to cover other data sets in the future By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: By r2hox on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Making data more human with DataBasic The new project funded by the Knight Foundation Prototype Fund includes three tools to 'bring some of the fun to the more grimy work' of data journalism By Alastair Reid • 5 min read
Credit: By Carlos Maya . Some rights reserved . News Inside Velocity: Mashable's predictive social analytics tool Mashable has an in-house tool that aims to predict how popular stories will become on social networks – so how is it used by editorial teams? By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image from Thinkstock News How Trooclick uses quotes to rank 'quality' news The platform wants to establish a set of criteria to help readers better find and understand objective news By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: By USFWS - Pacific Region on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How The Coral Project aims to rethink community A collaboration between NYT, Washington Post and Knight-Mozilla is beginning to make progress towards building open-source software for better reader engagement By Abigail Edge • 3 min read
Credit: By wwarby on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News The Blasting News model for social journalism This 'meritocratic' online magazine started out in Italy in 2013 and now has a presence in 34 countries By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
Credit: By Carlos Luna on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Why Google set up the Digital News Initiative in Europe It's Google atempt to stop working 'in isolation' from the media industry and foster collaboration By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Thinkstock News 4 trends to remember in mobile-first journalism MoJo expert Robb Montgomery detailed his predictions for where the field is headed, speaking at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image from Thinkstock News Stories with significant social referrals have longer 'lifespan' The latest Parse.ly authority report reveals how traffic from social networks can impact on an article's shelf life By Abigail Edge • 3 min read
Credit: by John Thompson. All rights reserved News 'Independence, integrity' key to news for millennials Digital news brands need to take a stand on issues they feel are important to build legitimacy in the eyes of young audiences, according to editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast John Avlon By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by andresfranco.net Some rights reserved News How strong is tech's 'disruptive power' over journalism? 'What skills do you need to hold an algorithm to account?' asks author and professor of digital media and global affairs Taylor Owen, discussing his new book By Abigail Edge • 4 min read
Credit: Image by luis perez on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Where next for robot journalists in the newsroom? With Associated Press announcing that algorithmic programs will soon be used on the sports desk, should journalists be worried they'll soon be replaced? By Jack Shepherd • 3 min read
