Credit: Image by mozillaeu on Flickr. Creative commons licence. Some rights reserved News Tips for journalism hack day success A collection of tips and reflections from those with experience of running hack day events for news-related projects By Rachel McAthy • 10 min read
Credit: Still taken from Irish Times video News Lessons from The Irish Times digital challenge The digital challenge came to a finale on Friday when data visualisation startup GetBulb was named winner of a €50,000 prize By Rachel McAthy • 5 min read
News Times and Sunday Times to pull down paywall for Jubilee It is the first time The Times and Sunday Times websites will be free to access since the paywall went up two years ago By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
Credit: Fit to Print News US documentary to highlight stories 'fallen by the wayside' A team of former newspaper staffers in the US have been working on 'Fit to Print' for three years and hope to complete the project by the end of Summer, with a push to secure funding of $10,000 By Rachel McAthy • 3 min read
Credit: Dreamer, via Wikimedia Commons News National paywall firm Piano Media recieves €2m investment Company that set up joint paid subscription services with publishers in Slovakia and Slovenia to use financial boost to expand By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News 'Strong year' at UBM plc as profits rise 17.5% Almost two-thirds of profits in 2011 came from events, as B2B publisher moves away from legacy print business By Paul McNally • 1 min read
News Briefing Media to buy UBM medical and farming titles Owner of the TheMediaBriefing expands with £10m acquisition of titles including Farmers Guardian and Pulse By Paul McNally • 2 min read
News PPA extends awards to recognise new talent across publishing sector Marketing, sales and circulation roles will be recognised in the PTC New Talent Awards alongside editorial By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Sponsored content must be clearly marked, rules OFT in blog network case Office of Fair Trading suggests that commercial blogging network Handpicked Media may be operating in breach of consumer protection legislation By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Media Trust calls for professionals to volunteer for mentoring scheme The Trust hopes its Digital Volunteer Recruitment Campaign will bring together media professionals, charities and community groups By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Freelance Writing Jobs Network sold to Splashpress Media Startup freelance site sold for an undisclosed amount five years after being started by Deborah Ng By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Australian journalism student boosts first-job hunt with social media campaign #tomwantsajob campaign is a brand-building experiment and search for job, says Tom Cowie By Laura Oliver • 3 min read
