News UK freelancer wins Kurt Schork award for Afghanistan reports Stephen Grey will receive $5,000 for after his three articles for the Sunday Times, Prospect Magazine and Le Monde Diplomatique won the freelance category By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Hyperlocal news site founder working with local college on web TV project Saddleworth News' Richard Jones will work with journalism students from Oldham College to produce a monthly news broadcast for the site By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Brighton Argus union members to ballot on strike action The NUJ chapel at the newspaper today voted to ballot for industrial action following a planned move of its sub-editing operation By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Jeff Jarvis wins media category at Comment Awards Jarvis' award was one of four for the Guardian, the awards' biggest winner By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News EU declining in World Press Freedom rankings Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index positions Italy 49th and Greece and Bulgaria joint 70th out of 178 countries By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Google experiments with 'shared by' numbers on Google News stories 'Shared by' number has started to appear beneath certain articles with information about what social networks were used By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Newsquest journalists in Hampshire vote in favour of strike action According to the NUJ, 95% of members voted for some form of industrial action after the continuation of a two-year pay freeze By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Female journalists recognised for courage in women's media awards Claudia Duque, Alma Guillermoprieto, Vicky Ntetema and Tsering Woeser were all honoured by the International Women's Media Foundation By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Europe's business leaders turning to digital media but not at expense of print Ipsos MORI Business Elite Europe survey suggests that despite increase in online and digital media use 95% of business leaders still use print By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News European Journalism Centre drafts international media code of ethics Draft combines the national codes of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK along with the a bloggers code By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News INSI joins forces with journalism schools to promote safety training International News Safety Institute is working with schools in the US and UK to make safety modules a mandatory part of journalism training By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News University professor aims to create citizen, social media network to cover Olympics Andy Miah tells Journalism.co.uk about his plans to use citizen journalism volunteers and social networking to allow people across the UK to get involved in coverage By Adam Levitt • 2 min read
