News NCTJ recruits ITV Anglia news chief in broadcast training expansion Catherine Houlihan appointed chair of new working group and chief examiner for broadcast journalism by the training council By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Women 'significantly underrepresented' in the media, survey suggests New Global Media Monitoring Project study show lack of female staff at media organisations and lack of female subjects in news stories By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Online news startup gets million-dollar funding Digital news service Ongo will be given $12m in intitial financing ffrom the New York Times Co., Washington Post Co., and Gannett Co. By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News BBC World Service extends US broadcast mobile deal Agreement with AudioNow will make World Service broadcasts in English, Persian, Somali and Urdu available to North America following launch of Arabic service By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Government drafts proposals to restrict content and frequency of council newspapers Council newspapers would be restricted to publishing information about services, amenities and council business on a quarterly basis under new proposals By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News FOI legislation has 'paid for itself', claims information commissioner Freedom of Information act identifies "wasted money and duplication of effort" says Christopher Graham By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Canadian journalism students win Emmy for electronic waste documentary $1 million donation allowed students to travel to Ghana, India and China to make the film, which won the Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine Award By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Non-profits fare well among Online Journalism Awards finalists ProPublica, California Watch and voicesofsandiego.org all successful as ONA awards' investigative categories overhauled By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Channel 4 News launches competition to find the UK's best young blogger Winner will write a daily blog for the new Channel 4 News site and be given a tour of the programme's studio and newsroom By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Media140 event to look at how journalists can make the most of data King's Cross event will feature journalist and designer David McCandless and the Guardian's news editor for data Simon Rogers By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Sun to launch iPhone app for showbiz section App will include video content, an aggregation page for Twitter updates from the Bizarre team, news updates and a digital edition of the daily print edition Bizarre column By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News UK news media shows independent streak in war reporting, says new research Research from UK universities suggests 'admirably wide range' of war reporting in British press By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
