Credit: By Melissa Marques on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Publishing platform launches collaborative newsroom function Newsrooms are the latest update from publishing and portfolio platform Jurnid, intended to streamline digital publishing and help aspiring journalists connect with professionals By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Image by DeaPeaJay on Flickr. Some rights reserved News How ReadWave wants to be a 'YouTube for writers' The publishing platform, which limits articles to 800 words, hopes to build a community around topics and challenges for aspiring journalists By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By Horia Varlan on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Content experiments for 'the YouTube generation' A look at some of the digital projects being tested by Belgium public service broadcaster VRT's internal 'start-up', to engage a younger audience online, on mobile and on social media By Rachel Bartlett • 6 min read
Credit: By ToastyKen on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How Vizzuality wants to bring mapping to the masses A recent grant from the Knight Foundation will fund experiments in data visualisation and storytelling, but 'democratising maps' is a key idea for the team behind open source mapping tool CartoDB By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News Data visualisation tool Infoactive aims for 2014 launch Infoactive, which will enable users to build 'interactive infographics', is three days into a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter with a target of $12,000 By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: By ToastyKen on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Students to run 24-hour poverty reporting project Journalism trainees from the UK, US, India and Taiwan will be using mobile and digital tools to report on the causes and consequences of poverty in local communities By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Image by jsawkins on Flickr. Some rights reserved News News video contest for aspiring journalists launched by AP The new contest, which is being run in partnership with Journalism.co.uk, aims 'to find the best young journalists in the UK' By Journalism.co.uk • 2 min read
Credit: By Freedom House on Flickr. Some rights reserved News How Syria Deeply goes beyond the headlines The digital news portal provides context, opinion and original reporting on the Syria conflict By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
News Joseph Stashko to join digital team at Times and Sunday Times Stashko, one of the founders of liveblogging platform Liveblog Pro, will work on 'digital editorial products' for the Times and Sunday Times By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Image by the Italian voice on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Journalist portfolio site Clippings.me launches pro option The paid-for service, which costs $8 a month, provides social analytics and allows you to host your portfolio at a custom domain By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: Image by potzuyoko on Flickr. Some rights reserved News South African site offers photography students a 'mentor experience' The site aims to inspire photography students, and help them understand the important role photojournalism plays in democracy By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
Credit: Tableau visualisation created by We Ain't Got No History News Why Tableau Desktop has been opened up free to students By making the data software free to students Tableau hopes to help them 'find data, analyse data and discover and publish stories very very quickly' By Rachel McAthy • 3 min read
