Credit: By James Cridland on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News New BBC reporting unit tracks stories taking off on social BBC Trending will report on social media stories from around the world using in-tweet video, the BBC magazine news site and radio By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Thinkstock News How social media helped drive launch of Cake Decorating magazine Cake Decorating magazine, which is owned by publisher De Agostini, launched in the UK last year, harnesses social networks to engage with readers By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News #newsrw round-up: Coverage, tweets and photos Journalism.co.uk’s latest news:rewired digital journalism conference took place on Thursday 6 December. Here is a round-up of tweets, blog posts and other coverage from the day By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
News Social newsreader iPad app News360 're-imagined' Journalism.co.uk speaks to Roman Karachinsky, chief executive of News360, to find out the app's potential for journalists and publishers By Sarah Marshall • 3 min read
News Duedil to add '100 times more data' in site rebuild Data tool Duedil to add major new data sets to the tool that is particularly useful for journalists By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News App of the week for journalists - Google Latitude, for adding locations to stories A phone and web app to allow journalists to plot their location when reporting By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Tool of the week for journalists - Rippla, for tracking the social 'ripples' of news stories A tool for tracking the sharing of news stories on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Tool of the week for journalists - Trendsmap, for tracking conversations in your area This free tool is particularly useful for local and beat reporters By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News AP names new Washington assistant bureau chief Former Texas news editor Wendy Benjaminson will be responsible for spotting trends and coordinating reporting on issues such as spending, immigration and pensions By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News UCLan journalism students join with Finnish counterparts for multimedia news project University of Central Lancashire and Tampere University of Technology produced two newspapers and a website for project broadly focused on government cuts in the UK By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News BBC scraps news festival in cost-cutting drive BBC spokesperson tells Journalism.co.uk that the broadcaster has decided not to hold any of its major divisional festivals in 2011 By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News FT launches semantic search engine Newssift Service will offer intelligent search for business news By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
