Credit: By kla4067 on Flickr. Some rights reserved News How Homicide Report tells the 'true story' of LA's violent crime Using a blog, an interactive map and robot-reporting, the LA Times's relaunched Homicide Report mixes human elements of journalism with technology to cover every murder in LA county By Alastair Reid • 8 min read
Credit: By jared on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News The Morning Memo provides news update for young commuters Using Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and email, the project from three City University master's students aims to deliver stories to those who 'give excuses' for not reading the news By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By Jorge Franganillo on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Are journalists being 'intellectually outgunned'? As large quantities of data are produced and analysed by industries and governments around the world, are journalists properly equipped to analyse it? By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By Mark Fischer on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Record monthly traffic ends 'positive year’ for Independent Latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation show a record 29.9 million visitors to Independent.co.uk in December, while traffic to Metro.co.uk increased 274 per cent year-on-year By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By mwcarruthers on Flickr. News How geolocation may play a bigger role in future newsgathering At a debate at London's Frontline Club, experts at the cutting edge of newsgathering discussed what factors and technologies will play a role in the future By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By Julo (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons News Free book to help journalists 'get a handle' on verification Tools, tips and techniques for verifying user-generated content, images, video all feature in a free book released next week By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
News Journalists can use Storehouse to build media-rich stories The new iPad app, launched last week, allows anyone to integrate large images, video and text into immersive articles for free By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
Credit: By Janitors on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Smartwatches and the digital future of news From the Pebble and Samsung's Galaxy Gear to the oncoming influx of Android-based smartwatches, will the new devices change how news is produced and consumed? By Alastair Reid • 6 min read
Credit: By Mark Fischer on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News 4 ways Rough Guides has 'quadrupled' its traffic Rethinking its digital approach has allowed the travel book publisher to significantly increase traffic and reader engagement – on a budget By Alastair Reid • 6 min read
Credit: Image by Thinkstock News GuardianWitness to hold first UGC awards GuardianWitness, launched last year to source and showcase user-generated content, will award contributors in eleven categories By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: By lawrencegs on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Could Google Glass change the face of journalism? Glass and other wearable computers are fast becoming a consumer product, but what are the potential implications for journalists? By Alastair Reid • 9 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News Sources and tools for data journalism A speedy guide for journalists on finding data and tools for visualising it – with minimum coding skills required By Daniel Ionescu • 9 min read
