Credit: jsawkins on Flickr. Some rights reserved News ITN Productions launches citizen journalism channel The channel curates reports by citizen reporters and also hopes to act as a 'forum for debate for citizen journalists from over the world' By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Guardian creates 'live music map' of reader gig reviews The Guardian's crowdmap displays reader gig reviews shared by Twitter and pictures posted to Instagram By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Guardian rolls out responsive mobile site Following a 'successful' beta trial, the responsive site is now the default for mobiles and small tablets By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
Credit: By Yutaka Tsutano on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Leeds Trinity plans to issue iPhones to journalism postgrads The University College plans to issue iPhones to its cohort of postgraduate diploma broadcast journalism students on arrival in January By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
Credit: Image courtesy of Natalia Antelava News Why a BBC radio reporter has ditched her mic for an iPhone A Radio 4 documentary on the alleged forced sterilisation of women in Uzbekistan, which was recorded on a mobile phone, this week won the Foreign Press Association award for radio By Sarah Marshall • 3 min read
News Knitd to launch as web app for premium content Readers will buy articles via a micropayment system, with journalists receiving 80 per cent By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: Digitzedchaos on Flickr . Some rights reserved. News Local World aims to be 'one-stop shop for local content' Details were confirmed today for a new business called Local World, which has incorporated the newspapers and websites of Iliffe News & Media and Northcliffe Media By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
Credit: Image by kiwanja on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Citizen journalists report Sierra Leone elections by SMS Connecting citizens in a country where 'more people have a mobile phone than have electricity', with editors and the online world By Sarah Marshall • 10 min read
Credit: Image by kiwanja on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Connecting journalists with sources beyond social networks The proposed platform, which is currently being prototyped, will aim to connect journalists with sources on the ground via mobile phones By Rachel McAthy • 3 min read
News Long-form digital journalism project Matter launches Matter, which will produce long-form pieces of journalism on science and technology, has now launched with content viewable as ebooks or online By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Image by potzuyoko on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Citizen newswire Demotix acquired by Corbis In an online announcement Demotix said Corbis 'is acquiring the whole company to better integrate us into their global news operation' By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
Credit: C. Regina on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News PPA: Tablets 'reinvigorate' appetite for magazine media According to the report 68 per cent of tablet users said they 'have read newspapers or magazines on a tablet that they had not previously read in print' By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
