News New European network launched for health journalists The Association of Health Care Journalists has set up the Covering Europe section of its website to encourage European writers to share links, queries and articles By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Johnston Press promotes Henry Faure Walker to digital director role Former general manager of Scotsman Publications takes up new role as digital and business development director immediately By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Facebook adds search tool for news stories 'liked' by friends New service which enables users to search for news articles which have been "liked" by friends online By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Met police to examine fresh News of the World phone hacking allegations Assistant commissioner John Yates defends 2006 investigation but says that the police will examine new allegations by former News of the World reporter Sean Hoare By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Japanese journalist freed after five months in northern Afghanistan Kosuke Tsuneoka claims captors were "corrupt military factions that blackmailed the Japanese government by pretending they were Taliban" By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Russian news agency launches new sports arm New Ria Navosti agency will be led by Dmitry Tugarin, former adviser to the chief of the Russian federal agency for sport and physical education By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Archant replaces regional titles with 'newszine' The new title Scene will replace the Harlow Herald and the East Herts Herald with no editorial redundancies By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Industry watchdog calls for inquiry into News of the World phone hacking allegations Media Standards Trust 'wholeheartedly agrees' with calls for an official inquiry following revelations of New York Times investigation By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Demand Media among fastest growing UK online companies, traffic survey suggests Figures from the UK Online Measurement company (UKOM) suggest a 111 per cent growth in visits to Demand Media's sites from July 2009 to July 2010 By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Russian news agency launches awards to encourage user-generated content Readers can send material to the "You're a Reporter" site via SMS, email or an upload tool on the website and will now receive points for the quality of content, which can be swapped for prizes By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Spectator settles in hyperlink defamation case Agreement follows ruling last month that hyperlinked articles within the Spectator's blog post would be considered as context to help the court decide on the meaning of the article By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Associated Press to increase attribution to other news sites and sources Under the guidelines, AP members will be given more attribution as story sources and attribution for information not gathered or confirmed by AP will be given to the source By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
