News Your take: Is shorthand still a necessary skill? How useful is shorthand in the digital age and do employers favour those with this skill? By Miranda Cortese • 2 min read
Credit: Image from Pexels.com News Throwback Thursday: Citizen journalism, social media reporting and more media news of the past From the archives: What were media types discussing ten years ago and how does it compare to industry conversations today? By Catalina Albeanu • 4 min read
Credit: Screenshot from the WikiTribune campaign video. News WikiTribune announces launch editor and plans to publish first edition this year The new initiative from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales will see professional journalists working together with the community By Catalina Albeanu • 2 min read
Credit: Image from Pixabay News 'Be useful and delightful': Lessons learned in Denverite's first 12 months A digital-only local news model launched in Denver, Colorado, could be rolled out to other ciites in the US By Abigail Edge • 4 min read
Credit: Image from Pixabay News Tool for journalists: Wire, for safely sending and receiving sensitive material This free app for Android and iOS devices will help journalists protect their sources By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
News Mobile is dominant in readers’ lives, so why aren’t we talking about it more? Watch Sasha Koren, editor of the Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab, open our latest newsrewired conference in London By Caroline Scott • 1 min read
News With its new project Hertz, Prisa Radio wants to make audio more discoverable online The new feature launched earlier this month, with the aim of enriching audio on demand with transcriptions and tags to make it easier to find online By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
News Throwback Thursday: Facebook apps, citizen journalism and more digital media news from 10 years ago From the archives: What was the media industry talking about in July 2007 and how different is it to the conversations happening today? By Catalina Albeanu • 4 min read
Credit: Screenshot from Otherworld News Otherworld aims to make local news and events relevant through location-based storytelling The experiment uses beacon technology to send people news and push notifications about what is happening in the area near them By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
News New graphic novel about children in Central African Republic blends illustrations with 360-degree video CAR is one of the worst places in the world to be a child – photojournalist Marc Ellison gives insights into the issues children face in the country By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image from pixabay.com News Tool for journalists: Mercury, for audio transcription and translation Funded by the Google Digital News Initiative, this web based tool will help journalists and publishers to translate videos and audio into multiple languages By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
News Why assumed knowledge is the 'enemy of the push alert' Push alerts can be excellent at driving readership, but what do news organisations need to consider when using notifications to engage audiences? By Molly Long • 2 min read
