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: Dreamer, via Wikimedia Commons News Why The Information chose to follow a paywall model Jessica Lessin, founder and editor-in-chief of The Information, outlines the site's approach to paywalls, which she believes should be driven by high-quality content By Abigail Edge • 3 min read
Credit: By tableatny on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How Johnston Press gives readers 'greater ownership' of news Speaking at the Changing Media Summit, Ashley Highfield, chief executive of Johnston Press, reflected on the 'success' of projects largely supported by user-generated content By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Images_of_Money on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Tips from The Debrief for successful native advertising Bauer Media's first digital-only publication aims to generate over 50 per cent of its revenue from native advertising, and here is how they plan to do it By Abigail Edge • 3 min read
Credit: By Anssi Koskinen on Fotopedia. Some rights reserved . News New ways of measuring metrics for web publishers News industry leaders at the Guardian's Changing Media Summit say engagement is more important than clicks when it comes to site metrics By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
Credit: By nicksarebi on Flickr . Some rights reserved . News Guardian trainees edit features content under new scheme The Guardian's features content will this week be edited by 10 aspiring journalists on the company's digital journalism training scheme By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
Credit: Image by va1berg on Flickr. Some rights reserved News BuzzFeed and BBC most socially-shared outlets in February BuzzFeed content received more than 50 million interactions on Facebook in February, while BBC articles were shared almost 25 million times on Twitter, according to data released by Newswhip By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By Alex Liivet on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How Local World reached record web traffic in February A new strategy focussing on better use of SEO and social media saw traffic to the regional news network rise by 70 per cent in February, compared to 2013 By Abigail Edge • 4 min read
Credit: Image by Images_of_Money on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Trinity Mirror reports 'good momentum on digital revenues' Trinity Mirror's annual report shows a 30.1 per cent increase in digital display advertising for 2013, and a 59 per cent increase in average monthly unique users for February By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: By julianlimjl at Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Channel 4 News introduces 60-second online video round-up Channel 4 News's latest foray into short-form video online is called 460, and aims to deliver compact summaries of the day's news for afternoon commuters By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Phanatic on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News The web at 25: tools for journalists It is 25 years since Sir Tim Berners-Lee proposed the idea for what became the World Wide Web, so to mark the anniversary we have drawn up 25 journalistic tasks and some online tools for the job By Alastair Reid • 10 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News Making video pay: VHX opens paywall service to public The free-to-use service allows users to put a paywall on online video and build a custom site for distribution, or embed elsewhere By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
