News Medium: One year of publishing 'things that matter' Since launching in private beta last year, Medium has been building up its platform, which aims to offer a simple but 'beautiful' reading and writing experience By Rachel Bartlett • 9 min read
Credit: Image by blmurch on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Full Fact launches online fact-finding tool Journalists can use the platform – which is called Full Fact Finder – to find out where to locate accurate facts and figures on a range of subjects By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News Checking the facts: Africa Check expands to new countries Fact-checking website Africa Check is branching out to Zimbabwe, Zambia and Swaziland By Rachel Bartlett • 4 min read
Credit: By Melissa Marques on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News A look at the academic comment site The Conversation As The Conversation approaches its UK pilot halfway point, we look at how the site is delivering academic writing that 'feeds off' the news agenda By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: By Marshall Astor on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Reading Radar app to give context to complex stories The app, which plans to go live by the end of the year, offers a radar-style visualisation containing background reading on topical themes By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: dionhinchcliffe on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News The Washington Post sale: Key statements and media reaction It was announced on Monday 5 August that the Washington Post had been sold to Jeff Bezos, also founder of Amazon.com By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: Image by petesimon on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Quartz launches 'annotations' commenting feature The business site has launched a comments system similar to that used by Medium, where readers can comment on individual paragraphs By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Thinkstock News AP and Meltwater agree 'to collaborate on new products' Associated Press and Meltwater release statement announcing plans to work together on 'innovative products' following copyright legal dispute By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: By Mark Fischer on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News ABC: Mirror records largest growth in online traffic in June Traffic to Mirror Group Digital websites rise by 11 per cent while NSA and Snowden fuel fourth record month for Guardian.co.uk By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Darren Burn/PicFair News Journalist launches PicFair as image licence marketplace The new platform is intended as a middle man between photographers and licence purchasers By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Chris Hondros in the field. Provided by A Day Without News News UN Security Council holds open debate on protecting journalists Journalists and delegates discuss issues of safety following joint campaign by A Day Without News?, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Sans Frontières By Alastair Reid • 5 min read
Credit: By Alex.muller on Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons licence . News Mail Online announces plans to open new offices The site which now has more than 128 million unique users a month will be taking on new staff in existing sites and opening new offices in as yet undisclosed locations By Alastair Reid • 1 min read
