Credit: By James Cridland on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Filling the gaps: Crowdfunded reporting in Ferguson A groundswell of support for independent reporting from protests over the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by police has led Beacon Reader to directly connect journalists and readers in the area By Alastair Reid • 5 min read
News Screencast: How to create interest lists on Facebook This short video shows how to create and follow Facebook interest lists to organise posts around different topics By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Thinkstock News How Deca is taking a collaborative approach to longform An international co-operative of award-winning journalists are working together to tell the stories they feel are most important, despite most having never met in person By Abigail Edge • 5 min read
Credit: By wwarby on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Why constructive journalism can help engage the audience Studies show that stories which explore solutions to problems rather than just the problems themselves prompt audiences to engage with the news and share content By Catalina Albeanu • 4 min read
Credit: By on Lonpicman on Wikimedia . News How The Marshall Project will illuminate US justice system Editor-in-chief Bill Keller and managing editor for digital Gabriel Dance talk storytelling, interactives and building their own CMS at the non-profit start up By Alastair Reid • 6 min read
Credit: Image from BuzzFeed.com News Why BuzzFeed is expanding with new Distributed division BuzzFeed plans to expand in the social web and build an audience in a space where content and social networking meet By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
Credit: By Das Fotoimaginarium on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Advertorial: How the photojournalist's role is changing New methods of funding and distribution have created more opportunities for humanitarian documentary photography, according to award-winning photographer Paul Lowe By London College of Communication • 3 min read
Credit: Image by TapiF on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Storyful fund project to define best practice for eyewitness media Authors behind the recent Tow Center report on user-generated content aim to establish tools and best practice for the use of eyewitness media By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
News Inside digital innovation at La Stampa Editor-in-chief Mario Calabresi and digital editor Marco Bardazzi discuss the progress made by the Italian daily in their new, open approach to journalism By Alastair Reid • 8 min read
Credit: By aloshbennet on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Why custom speech content could 'change the game' for radio New app from NPR combines the serendipity of listening to the radio with a recommendation algorithm serving up content based on listener interests By Paul McNally • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot from BBC.co.uk News Behind the BBC's interactive 'The rise of the Islamic State' The interactive video, the first of its kind from the BBC, seeks to combine video, text and interactive graphics to tell the story of the militant group sweeping across Iraq and Syria By Alastair Reid • 4 min read
Credit: By sergesegal on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Lessons from BBC virtual reality stream at Glasgow Games The BBC Research and Development team shares what lessons were drawn from the first virtual reality sports stream and how they can be used in the future By Catalina Albeanu • 4 min read
