News Guardian launches 2011 International Development Journalism competition Annual award recognises coverage of global poverty and issues in the developing world under-represented by the media By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News NUJ prepares first legal cases in Cashback for Interns campaign According to the union more than 100 people have been in contact for help with claiming wages for unpaid internships By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News European Commission launches 2011 Lorenzo Natali Prize The prize is awarded for excellence in written, radio and TV journalism on the theme of development, democracy and human rights across the world By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Knight Foundation donates £60,000 to London-based media legal fund Grant to Media Legal Defense Initiative timed to coincide with World Press Freedom Day By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Reporters Without Borders publishes 'predators of press freedom' list Press freedom group has compiled list of political leaders, criminal organisations and militias accused of abuses against freedom of expression By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News NUJ to ballot BBC journalists for strike action next week Union to ballot staff over 100 journalists across the broadcaster said to be facing compulsory redundancy By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Al Jazeera suspends Syria bureau after crackdown on journalists Network has suspended its operations in Syria indefinitely following concerns for the safety of journalists in the country By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News ABC: Mail Online hits 66m monthly browsers after 30% hike MailOnline reached more than 65 million unique browsers in March, with the Independent and Guardian also seeing record traffic By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Telegraph names alleged rape victim in full Guantánamo release Newspaper appears to have broken the Press Complaints Commission Editors' Code of Conduct by publishing details of sexual assault on a minor By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
News Chris Hamilton appointed social media editor for BBC News Hamilton will succeed Alex Gubbay, who is leaving the BBC to join Johnston Press in June as head of digital content By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Guardian leads shortlist for 2011 Orwell Prize Four nominations for Guardian writers from a shortlist of seven in a year of record entries for the prize By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Libel reformer describes new defamation bill as 'extraordinarily open' Lord Lester has described the draft defamation consultation paper and bill as "an extraordinarily open and intelligent document" By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
