News How journalists are using Facebook's new live Q&A feature Facebook is rolling out a feature that lets journalists host live chats on pages or on profiles with more than 10,000 followers By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Mark Hakansson News From apps to agency: Vericorder pushes FindStringers Vericorder, which makes apps for journalists, is looking to expand its FindStringers freelance agency By Sarah Marshall • 3 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News The Lincolnite to cover elections live with interactive map The map, built by the hyperlocal site, contains details on more than 300 candidates across 77 districts holding county council elections today By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by slgckgc on Flickr. Some rights reserved News New IP rules 'invert normal operation of copyright' Commercial use of orphan works and extended collective licensing strongly opposed by photographers By Alastair Reid • 6 min read
Credit: Image by Esparta on Flickr. Some rights reserved News NewsWhip launches email alerts to track news in your niche NewsWhip Spike surfaces 'socially-powered news, using the crowd to filter the big stories' By Sarah Marshall • 3 min read
Credit: By Mark Fischer on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Copyright law: Five ways to protect authorship How to make your work safer from breaches of copyright under new government proposals By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Mark Hakansson News Scoopshot launches automatic verification process for UGC The mobile app that sources user-generated images labels content for newsroom use By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Arbron on Flickr. Some rights reserved News How import.io will help reporters extract data from web pages The free tool will let journalists gather, aggregate and analyse data from websites without the need for coding or scraping skills By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: Image by erix! on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Guardian's n0tice launches free Maptastica tool The mapping tool allows you to create an embeddable map By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News HuffPost Live and NY Times among Webby Award winners The annual awards for 'excellence on the internet' recognised a number of news and media outlets By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News Why OpenSpending is a 'treasure trove' for journalists How OpenSpending can be used to find and share data on government spending across the world, as well as to build country-specific platforms By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: Image by ginnerobot on Flickr. Some rights reserved News #ijf13: The recipe for social, shareable storytelling at BuzzFeed A look at how BuzzFeed makes content people want to share, from animal photo lists to breaking news and long-form journalism By Rachel Bartlett • 5 min read
