News BBC News wins top online journalism award Online Journalism Awards judges said the BBC's online news operation, which won a general excellence award, was a 'standard bearer pushing the whole field forward' By Joel Gunter • 4 min read
News Journalists escape fire at West Sussex County Times Editor-in-chief insists it is 'business as usual' for newspaper as staff relocate to other Johnston Press offices following a fire last night By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News The Guardian and Independent launch Facebook apps Facebook unveils new type of app 'which could be very interesting in terms of traffic', according to the Guardian By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: By Joi on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Al Jazeera announces leadership change after eight years Director general Wadah Khanfa steps down 'having accomplished the vision he set for Al Jazeera' By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Alberto OG on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Police drop plans to order Guardian source disclosure The Metropolitan Police force has confirmed it will not pursue its application against the Guardian and one of its reporters to force them to reveal sources By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Sean Dempsey/PA News News International in 'advanced negotiations' on Dowler payout Former publisher of the News of the World confirms negotiations with Dowler family are in advanced stages, but declines to comment on reports of multi-million figures By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: By Coffee Lover on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Filmmakers detained in Iran were not staffers, says BBC BBC confirms that six filmmakers detained in Iran were not members of staff, contrary to State TV reports, but that the BBC Persian channel had bought the rights to their films By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Tool of the week for journalists - Collaborative video editing platform Stroome Collaborative video editing tool Stroome is worth testing out By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Paul Foot Award opens to entries for 2011 The award for campaigning journalism in the UK were launched seven years ago in memory of investigative journalist Paul Foot By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Charlie Beckett to deliver keynote at news:rewired The founding director of POLIS, the journalism and society think-tank at the London School of Economics, will discuss the past, present and future of networked journalism at the digital journalism conference By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News WikiLeaks and CPJ in dispute after journalist 'flees' Ethiopia The Committee to Protect Journalists reports Ethiopian journalist Argaw Ashine fled the country after appearing in an unredacted embassy cable, but WikiLeaks says he was named 'in passing' and not as an informant By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News South Yorkshire strike journalists 'optimistic' about talks Members of the National Union of Journalists at South Yorkshire Newspapers show confidence as talks begin with Johnston Press By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read