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
News BBC Trust rejects claim that Panorama cost England the World Cup Complaint that the timing of Panorama documentary on FIFA 'adversely affected' World Cup bid has has been rejected by the BBC Trust By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Guardian closes 'unsustainable' local sites Local 'beatblogger' sites in Cardiff, Leeds and Edinburgh are to close after a year By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
News Information Commissioner's powers 'easily stymied' by press exemption Appearing before the Home Affairs committee, Christopher Graham said he is 'labouring under the special purposes exemption when it comes to some of the issues relating to the press' By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Campaigning photographer Marc Vallee fears return to 'stop and search' Marc Vallee has expressed his fear new laws to replace Section 44 of the Terrorism Act may mean a return to police randomly stopping and searching photographers By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Petition gains support to release journalists held in Libya Campaigners have collected more than 30,000 signatures calling for the release of four journalists held in Libya for three weeks By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
