News New charter aims to reduce PR spam following campaign The Media Spamming Charter has been launched by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and backed by the NUJ By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News WikiLeaks chief hits out at media Heated debate at City University London sees Julian Assange forced to defend whistleblowing organisation By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
News Phone hacking investigation makes Bevins Prize shortlist Nick Davies' Guardian investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World nominated for 'Rat up a Drainpipe' award alongside two nominations for the Times By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Former cancer patient to attempt publishing world record Chris Geiger, who survived non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, will attempt to set record for the most published feature by the same writer in one day By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News NCTJ recruits ITV Anglia news chief in broadcast training expansion Catherine Houlihan appointed chair of new working group and chief examiner for broadcast journalism by the training council By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Women 'significantly underrepresented' in the media, survey suggests New Global Media Monitoring Project study show lack of female staff at media organisations and lack of female subjects in news stories By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Online news startup gets million-dollar funding Digital news service Ongo will be given $12m in intitial financing ffrom the New York Times Co., Washington Post Co., and Gannett Co. By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News BBC World Service extends US broadcast mobile deal Agreement with AudioNow will make World Service broadcasts in English, Persian, Somali and Urdu available to North America following launch of Arabic service By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Newswire for student media to relaunch next month Student Media Wire, which was set up in 2008, currently has 300 recipients on its list By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Government drafts proposals to restrict content and frequency of council newspapers Council newspapers would be restricted to publishing information about services, amenities and council business on a quarterly basis under new proposals By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News RBI announces closure of Health and Beauty Salon magazine Closure will result in loss of two editorial positions and one sales position By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News RBI CEO announces retirement Keith Jones will retire at end of year, but will be replaced in role from 1 October By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
