News News Limited launches new national sports network Australian arm of News Corp will launch new team to provide national coverage of around eight sports across print and digital platforms By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Finalists announced in Young Reporters Against Poverty competition Sheffield first year student Katie Davies and Westminster masters student Lucy Laycock were selected by the Economists's Clare MacCarthy from 180 entrants By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Journalist death toll in Iraq rises to six this year after TV presenter shot Mazen Mardan Al-Baghdadi, who worked for TV station Al-Mousiliya, was killed outside his home yesterday in the city of Mosul By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Strikes averted at Irish Johnston Press titles as publisher backs down on job cuts NUJ has called off a one-day strike at eight titles in response to proposed job cuts and the introduction of the Atex editorial production system By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Photo agency launches annual call to photographers Agency is looking particularly for multimedia skills and applications from photographers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Dependence on advertising to blame for newspaper downturn, claims new study Report from the Reuters Institute for Journalism suggests advertising model is the main cause of profit downturn, not the internet By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News UK libel campaign groups publish new guide for bloggers The guide, entitled'So you've had a threatening letter. What can you do?', contains definitions of defamation, what to do in response to the threat of libel action and what defences might be available By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Former Time magazine bureau chief co-founds news translation service Worldcrunch.com, currently in alpha testing mode, aims to offer translated news from non-English media By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Yahoo and AOL UK join petition to modernise UK libel law Open letter to David Cameron, also signed by Mumsnet and the Internet Service Providers Association, warns that current law is curbing free speech online By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Johnston Press staff in Ireland vote to strike over Atex system NUJ members at the Limerick Leader, Leinster Leader, Leinster Express, Offaly Express and Clonmel Nationalist voted 'overwhelmingly' for one day strike, says union By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News RISJ appoints Professor Robert Picard to new role of research director Leading media specialist to become institute's first director of research By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Eighteen journalists facing sack at Newsquest Bradford titles, claims NUJ Emergency meeting held by staff after merger plans threaten jobs, according to union By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
