News App for journalists: Spark Pro, for capturing and editing high-quality video The free app allows users to record high-definition footage in 1080p and edit packages with filters and sound By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot from RioRun. News The Guardian is 'putting the interactive back into interactive journalism' with RioRun The virtual audio experience requires people to run a marathon to unlock parts of a podcast along the route By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
News 'People like to know they're being heard’: Facebook Live at NowThis Alyssa Kurtzman, senior live producer, NowThis, explains how the news outlet is using livestreaming to engage with its Facebook audience By Caroline Scott • 4 min read
News #Rio2016: 7 more data stories and interactives from the Olympic Games Compare your reaction time and find out more about past winners of the 100m dash with more interactives from Rio By Catalina Albeanu • 4 min read
Credit: Image by armandolobos on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News The Washington Post rolls out automation for the Olympic Games, gearing up for US election coverage Results, alerts for upcoming events, and national medal tallies are automated using a system built in-house called Heliograf By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Fotografiche on Shutterstock News Tool for journalists: Bloom, for curating hyperlocal news personalised to your readers This free tool enables publishers to geotag their articles, allowing readers to filter hyperlocal news stories where they are By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
News How CNN is recreating the #Rio2016 experience for audiences on social media Social producer Masuma Ahuja has been trying out different formats to capture the Olympic Games experience for an international audience By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image by Vladimir Arndt on Shutterstock News 'We are fearless in experimentation and we move quickly': Facebook Live at CBC News Brodie Fenlon, senior director of digital news, explains what he has found to be the 'golden standard' of livestreaming on Facebook, and how CBC has let the audience lead its development By Caroline Scott • 4 min read
News How mobile reporting skills are becoming part of journalism courses at UK universities Mojo skills are incredibly useful to journalists today – but are students being taught the techniques? By Thalia Fairweather • 3 min read
News How to create animated videos using Quik The free app offers 28 animation styles, so you can automatically make your footage stand out with music, text and transitions By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
News #Rio2016: 7 data stories and interactives from the first week of the Olympic Games How are news outlets making the most of the abundance of data available about the Olympics? By Catalina Albeanu • 4 min read
News How Google's Digital News Initiative is evolving 'A lot of the problems people are trying to solve in the news ecosystem are common across organisations and borders, so we encourage people to be collaborative' By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
