Credit: By Jorge Franganillo on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How to: build a pivot table to find the story in data Pivot tables allow you to quickly and easily examine data to find the stories hidden within By Chris Sutcliffe • 4 min read
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Credit: Image by Mark Hakansson News Announcing the agenda for the next news:rewired Sessions and workshops include: new forms of engagement, private social networks, collaboration, spreadsheet skills, building immersive stories and more By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
Credit: Image by Thinkstock News NYTimes, WaPo and Mozilla building 'identity layer' for web In a new, open source project backed by a $3.9 million (£2.3 million) Knight Foundation grant, two of the biggest news organisations in the world hope to take engagement and personalisation to the next level By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
News Screencast: using Timeline.Js to make interactive timelines for stories Elements of multimedia and interactivity can help readers to better understand issues, and this free, open-source tool lets journalists create media-rich timelines to explore By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By Sam Azgor on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Why the Oxford Mail is experimenting with WhatsApp The regional daily has received positive feedback for its WhatsApp service after experimenting with new ways to reach its audience more directly By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
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Credit: By JacobEnos on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Global digital news audience increased by 23% in 2013 According to the World Press Trends report, more people are reading the news than ever before – but news outlets need to improve audience engagement to make their businesses sustainable By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Thinkstock News ONA launches project to 'build your own ethics code' The new project from the Online News Association gives journalists, editors and publishers a fundamental foundation of core principles and a selection of documents on areas that may be more subjective By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: By Horia Varlan on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News 10 tips for successful newsroom experiments A panel of digital journalism experts discuss innovation pointers at the World Editors Forum in Italy, including 10 tips from Professor George Brock, head of journalism at City University London By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
Credit: By Dave on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Golden Pen of Freedom for jailed Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega was commended for his fight to create 'a just and free society' at World Newspaper Congress in Torino By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: By huangjiahui on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Visual journalism: beyond data visualisations in news At the Digital Editors Network VisualDEN conference in London yesterday, a designer and digital storyteller shared their views on how visual journalism can be most effective By Alastair Reid • 5 min read