Credit: By Melissa Marques on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Freelancer takes to Kickstarter to fund Madagascar trip Freelance journalist Emilie Filou is hoping to crowdfund £4,500 to support her trip to Madagascar and coverage of stories in two regions By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: By Will Scullin on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Reporting guidance to 'open up' planning appeal hearings The guidance will set out the right for anyone to 'report, film and tweet planning appeal hearings', previously left to the council's discretion, in bid to encourage greater openness By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: Image by katerha on Flickr. Some rights reserved News ThaiPublica: Investigative journalism and 'cute' interactives A look at an investigative news site for Thailand inspired by ProPublica By Sarah Marshall • 5 min read
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Credit: Image by the Italian voice on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Journalist Q&A: From online to editor-in-chief at T3 Kieran Alger, the new editor-in-chief of T3, tells us how a digitally native journalist became responsible for a print magazine By Sarah Marshall • 5 min read
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
