News Simon Rogers wins 'statistical excellence in journalism' award Simon Rogers, who was commended for a combined print and online award from the Royal Statistical Society in 2010, is winner of the online category at the annual awards By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
Credit: Image: K ennymatic News NZ non-profit in bid to build investigative journalism platform The new site, Journalism.org.nz, wants to offer a platform for 'investigative, probing, enterprising and explanatory journalism' and aims to launch at the end of the year By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Eight examples of long-form digital content projects Following our recent podcast on long-form journalism and digital platforms, we've compiled a list of eight digital projects centred around long-form narratives By Rachel McAthy • 4 min read
News Guardian relaunches Eyewitness news photo app The new version of the iPad app remains free, but also includes a premium subscription option to receive more images than the daily free allowance of one news photo By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Pulse launches web browser news reader Redesigned Pulse for the web 'works seamlessly' with iPhone, iPad, Android or Kindle Fire mobile apps By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
Credit: Future News Future to launch new iPad-only magazine on photography Last month Future received the Launch of the Year award from the Association of Online Publishers in recognition of its 'bold investment' in magazine copies for Newsstand By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
Credit: By James Cridland on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Twelve tips on harnessing the power of a news community A collection of pointers from the Guardian, Economist, BBC World Service, Al Jazeera and Chartbeat on how to gain greater community interaction and contribution, as shared at our news:rewired conference last month By Rachel McAthy • 7 min read
News New York Times launches US election Tumblr The Agenda is the first Tumblr blog from the New York Times that is not image-driven and is integrated into the news site By Sarah Marshall • 3 min read
News Free weekly paper for Swadlincote to launch next week The new title for the South Derbyshire town will be run by former Northcliffe Media sales manager David King and edited by freelance writer Louise Birkett By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Image courtesy of SoundCloud News Newsgathering 'revolutionised' at KM Group by iPhones and SoundCloud KM Group's local newsdesks across Kent use iPhones and SoundCloud to provide audio, video and copy for the publisher's news sites, local radio stations and newspapers By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News Citizen journalism site Blottr launches 'The People's Olym-PICS' Blottr, like many other sites, is gathering people's photos and videos relating to the Olympics By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
Credit: dionhinchcliffe on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Washington Post's TruthTeller will check facts in real-time The application, which the Post hopes to make available to journalists at other news outlets, was awarded $50,000 by the Knight Foundation to help it get started By Rachel McAthy • 3 min read
