Credit: By Indi on Flickr. Some rights reserved News 10 years of FOI: Resources and tips for journalists On January 1 2005 the Freedom of Information Act came into full effect in the UK. Ten years later, here are some tips and resources for getting the most out of public authorities By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
Credit: Image by Thinkstock. News Detective.io launches publicly as investigative tool Now publicly available, Detective.io is open source and can help users track connections through datasets to uncover corruption, crime and wrongdoing By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by mjtmail (tiggy) on Flickr. Some rights reserved News 6 online tools for investigative journalism 'Civic technologist' Friedrich Lindenberg shares a range of tools journalists can use in investigative journalism projects By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
Credit: By Albertane on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Politico to launch European edition in spring 2015 The American political publication will employ more than 30 journalists around Europe in rebranding European Voice By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot from Canvas.ChallengePost.com News How Al Jazeera wants to champion open innovation The inaugural Canvas Hackathon lifted the curtain on a new community for media innovation from the broadcaster By Alastair Reid • 5 min read
Credit: Image by andresfranco.net Some rights reserved News 10 great ideas from the first Canvas Hackathon The first event organised by Al Jazeera's innovation and research department brought 86 hackers from 37 countries to Doha By Alastair Reid • 6 min read
Credit: By Dave Catchpole on Flickr. Some Rights Reserved. News Times paywall policy 'vindicated' by first profit since 2001 In reporting a 1.7 million operating profit for the financial year to July 2014, News UK is pitching The Times and Sunday Times as the "premium news provider" of digital journalism By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image from Al Jazeera PR News Al Jazeera ‘liberating’ documentaries with new Palestine Remix A new project from the broadcaster combines maps, timelines, quizzes and databases with 17 films that can be ‘remixed’ by users By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Thinkstock News Why Gruppo Espresso built a publishing 'playground' New site 3nz.it, launched in October, has quickly generated a large audience while allowing the publisher to experiment with new ideas By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
Credit: Credit: Tim Ireland/PA News NRS: Indy had highest share of UK audience from mobile in Sept New figures from the National Readership Survey show 4.7 million people in the UK visited the Independent site from mobile devices in September, almost half its total audience By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: By fluffisch on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News The Sun doubles digital subscriber base The 225,000 paying readers represents a 120 per cent increase on figures released in December 2013 By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: By jeff_golden on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Mail breaks monthly web traffic record for UK newspapers Mail Online received 192 million unique monthly visitors in October, the highest among UK newspaper sites, but criticised for 'giving free publicity to quacks' over Ebola By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
