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
News Redundancies as Lincolnshire Echo goes weekly The paper today confirmed it will move to weekly publication from next month, with around five jobs at risk of compulsory redundancy By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Michael Bruntonspall on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Guardian: Met seeks court order for phone hacking sources The Metropolitan Police is to apply for a court order next week under the Official Secrets Act, in an attempt to get journalists to reveal sources of phone-hacking coverage By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Financial Times appoints investigations and special projects editor Former economy editor for Bloomberg News Christine Spolar has been named as the Financial Times' first investigations and special projects editor By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Hunt calls for new cross-platform media regulation Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt calls on media regulator Ofcom to propose new media plurality measures which can be applied across all forms of the media By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Guardian to raise weekday price to £1.20 Monday will see the price of the daily edition rise 20p to £1.20 and the Saturday Guardian will rise 10p to £2.10 this weekend By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: NUJ News Newsquest North West staff begin strike over job cuts NUJ members have begun the first of two planned 24-hour strikes over five compulsory redundancies planned across titles in Cheshire and Merseyside By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
Credit: Lewis Whyld/PA News Leveson inquiry: Brooks denied core participant status Lord Leveson announces those granted core participant status in the first part of his media inquiry, but declines application from former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Australia to hold media inquiry after UK phone hacking Communications minister says inquiry will not be 'an attack on News Ltd', News Corporation's Australian publishing arm By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
Credit: David Cheskin/PA News MPs recall James Murdoch over phone-hacking evidence Select committee recalls News International chairman James Murdoch to give phone hacking evidence, who says he is happy to answer any further questions By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
