News Watch: Media Diversified Experts Directory demo Founder Samantha Asumadu gives a demonstration of the organisation's directory of professionals from ethnic minority backgrounds for media appearances By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Image from Thinkstock News Stories with significant social referrals have longer 'lifespan' The latest Parse.ly authority report reveals how traffic from social networks can impact on an article's shelf life By Abigail Edge • 3 min read
Credit: Image by mkhmarketing on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How CASM is exploring new tools for Twitter analysis Demos, the University of Sussex, and Ipsos MORI are building 'new research methods for social media' By Jack Shepherd • 3 min read
Credit: Image by United blue on Flickr. Some rights reserved News 'Who do we know?': The challenges of media plurality At a recent NUJ event, Samantha Asumadu of Media Diversified discussed how relying solely on existing networks can damage diversity in the media By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot from UFJSchool on YouTube . News University of Florida explores geolocation news feeds The university has teamed up with social media app Yik Yak to bring its students the latest local news By Jack Shepherd • 2 min read
Credit: Image by aikijuanma on Flickr. Creative commons licence. Some rights reserved. News Newsweek Europe redesigns mag but 'future must be online' The publication is also expanding its editorial team and plans to focus on "explanatory journalism", says editor-in-chief Richard Addis By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
Credit: By isafmedia on Flickr. Some rights reserved News News, mobile and citizen journalism in Afghanistan Citizen journalism website Paiwandgah has recently relaunched, offering Afghans the ability to send in stories via SMS By Jack Shepherd • 3 min read
Credit: Screenshot from Medium.com News How to publish stories to Medium A guide covering some of the blog-publishing platform's newer features, including the homepage editor, tagging, unlisted publishing and adding to 'Publications' By Abigail Edge • 6 min read
Credit: Screenshot from Radar's Niger Delta microsite News Covering the Nigerian election – with just SMS and WhatsApp Communication rights organisation On Our Radar trained 36 reporters to monitor the election and send in reports via SMS and WhatsApp By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
Credit: Image courtesy of Washington Post press office News Washington Post partners with Flipboard WaPo announces it will be adding all editorial content to the magazine-style aggregation app – and does not rule out hosting content on Facebook By Abigail Edge • 3 min read
Credit: by John Thompson. All rights reserved News 'Independence, integrity' key to news for millennials Digital news brands need to take a stand on issues they feel are important to build legitimacy in the eyes of young audiences, according to editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast John Avlon By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by andresfranco.net Some rights reserved News How strong is tech's 'disruptive power' over journalism? 'What skills do you need to hold an algorithm to account?' asks author and professor of digital media and global affairs Taylor Owen, discussing his new book By Abigail Edge • 4 min read
