Credit: Image by Esparta on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Forbes launches SafeSource for anonymous tips The online submissions system, based on code developed by Aaron Swartz, allows potential sources to submit files or messages securely and anonymously By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By James Cridland on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News New BBC reporting unit tracks stories taking off on social BBC Trending will report on social media stories from around the world using in-tweet video, the BBC magazine news site and radio By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Image provided by Al Jazeera America News The Stream's new app to offer viewers 'guided social' The newly-updated iOS app provides a 'second screen' for US viewers to interact with the live TV show and online community of Al Jazeera's The Stream By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News Trinity Mirror to use UsVsTh3m lessons in new project The new project will centre around 'socially shareable data journalism', as UsVsTh3m is set to reach 2.5m visitors By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By Ivy Dawned on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Leading panel discusses future of investigative journalism Libel laws, Leveson proposals, funding and editorial nerve are key factors in fate of investigative journalism, says panel By Alastair Reid • 5 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News How the Washington Post's Truth Teller wants to 'change the political discourse' As the Post's Truth Teller platform reaches the end of public beta, it looks to future potential uses: local partnerships, UGC apps and an international, white-label product By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
Credit: Joe Shlabotnik on Facebook. Some rights reserved. News NYTimes takes three prizes at Online Journalism Awards The New York Times received three awards, including general excellence in online journalism and further recognition for its long-form Snow Fall feature By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot from thesundaytimes.com News The Times building 'suite of tools' for multimedia stories 'My Year with Malala', a long-form multimedia article, is the first to be produced using the first iteration of tools By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Mark Hakansson News Report details global trends in mobile, video and social The Global Media Trends Book, published by the European Publishers Council, draws on more than 500 datasets to analyse and predict global trends in digital media By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By Argenberg on Flickr. Some rights reserved News How entrepreneurial journalism is building a local voice in Egypt Mandara Online, an Egyptian NGO, acts as a portal for news and content from across rural and disconnected Upper Egypt By Alastair Reid • 5 min read
Credit: Image provided by Ghost News Ghost launches as publishing platform with writers in mind The open source platform is released for download today with a hosted service scheduled for January 2014 By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Image by John.Karakatsanis on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Acuerdo: Long-form journalism for 'pissed-off readers' The 'journalistic start-up' and 'innovations lab' is looking to incorporate numerous elements of digital journalism into a bi-monthly, tablet-first edition By Alastair Reid • 4 min read