News New York University and ProPublica launch 'explanatory journalism' initiative New York University and ProPublica have joined forces in new initiative to promote 'explanatory journalism' By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Wellcome Trust offers broadcast internships for scientists Charitable foundation will pay tutition fees and provide a grant in an effort to help those with scientific expertise influence programme content and production By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News New collaborative platform for political cartoonists to launch online Cartoon Movement is the work of the Video Journalism Movement and aims to 'foster an environment of mutual promotion, revenue, and fair use for the work of political cartoonists' By Emma Brewin • 1 min read
News STV adds 10 websites to new hyperlocal news network New sites will cover local authority areas Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Moray and South Lanarkshire By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News NUJ to spearhead national campaign over Newsquest disputes Publisher's pay freeze, proposed changes to pension schemes and redundancies have brought it to loggerheads with the National Union of Journalists By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Australian journalism academic could face defamation action over tweets Reports suggest that editor-in-chief of the Australian Chris Mitchell intends to sue academic Julie Posetti for comments she made in relation to a speech by one of the newspaper's former reporters By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Freelancer's FIFA investigation for Panorama prompts IOC inquiry IOC response follows Andrew Jennings' report on claims that three FIFA officials accepted bribes from a sports marketing company By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News #cablegate: Newspapers playing a vital role in giving context to leak, says Rusbridger Speaking on the Today programme this morning, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger said that affiliate newspapers are essential to provide redactions and contest to WikiLeaks material By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Media Standards Trust calls for greater transparency over PCC libel settlement MST has written an open letter to the board that finances the PCC, posing a series of questions about the cost of the settlement and who paid By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News PCC apologises in high court for chairman's phone-hacking remarks Press watchdog issues formal apology and is understood to have paid damages to lawyer Mark Lewis over PCC chairman's comments in relation to News of the World phone-hacking case By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Kingston Uni paper wins student publication of the year at Guardian awards The River was joined by Oxford University's Camilla Turner, who won reporter of the year and Manchester Met's James Harker, who won Writer of the Year By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News CPJ honours journalists across globe for press freedom struggles International Press Freedom Awards went to journalists from Russia, Ethiopia, Iran and Venezuela at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday night By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
