News BBC Trust chair calls for 're-think' of local radio cuts Chairman of the BBC Trust calls for a 're-think' of several proposals under the BBC's Delivering Quality First strategy, including a 'scaling back' of planned cuts to local radio By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News PA editor: Name mistake 'catastrophic example of human error' Editor of the Press Association Jonathan Grun tells the Leveson inquiry the 'scar' left by a mistake which identified the wrong person in a story is 'still very red and painful' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News App of the week for journalists - Flipboard Flipboard is a great way for searching around for following stories and digging for leads By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
Credit: Nigel Chadwick on Geograph. Some rights reserved. News 'Fake sheikh' Mazher Mahmood: Bribe allegation 'completely untrue' Former News of the World journalist Mazher Mahmood tells the Leveson inquiry allegations he attempted to bribe Sunday Times staff to alter copy in 1988 are 'completely untrue' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA News Jefferies contempt case a 'watershed moment' for press Sun publishing director tells inquiry that coverage of Chris Jefferies' arrest and subsequent contempt of court proceedings against the Sun and Mirror 'changed the culture' of the newsroom By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
Credit: Lewis Whyld/PA News PCC rejects Assange complaint against New Statesman Press Complaints Commission rules that magazine's reference to 'charges' against WikiLeaks founder in book review was not significantly inaccurate By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
News Women's groups condemn 'harmful' stereotypes in media Representatives of Equality Now, End Violence against Women, Object and Eaves Housing for Women tell the Leveson inquiry the press must take greater responsibility for the portrayal of women By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: Index on Censorship News John Kampfner: Westminster coverage 'extraordinarily pliant' Index on Censorship chief tells Leveson inquiry that the UK media is 'fundamentally weak' and urges judge not to 'go down the statutory route' on regulation reform By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Tool of the week for journalists - Formulists (use it before it disappears) Formulists, a fantastic tool for creating smart Twitter lists, is shutting down – so use it before you lose it By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Johann Hari declines invitation to return to Independent Former Independent columnist and interviewer Johann Hari has announced on his blog that he will not take the newspaper up 'on their kind offer' to return to the title By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Tom Watson calls on Met to investigate Times email hacking Labour MP writes to Metropolitan police to urge force to investigate Times reporter's 2009 email hacking of anonymous blogger NightJack By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: alancleaver_2000 on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Editors and executives to appear before privacy committee Representatives of the Mirror, the Telegraph and the Times to give evidence to the joint committee on privacy and injunctions By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
