Credit: Thinkstock News Student launches blogging contest for young teens Nicholas Fearn, currently studying at college, is working in partnership with The South Wales Evening Post to run the first Battle of the Blogs By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: By amslerPIX on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Why Zeit Online created team to lead investigative and data stories The German outlet has established a senior editorial team to drive big stories, partnering with the rest of the newsroom and acting as a hub for investigations By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
News First Look Media: The journalists behind the new organisation First Look Media, the new venture by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, launches its first digital magazine The Intercept today, but who are the journalists behind the outlet and where will the organisation be heading? By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: By PeterJBellis on Flickr News How Quartz passed 5m traffic record in January Editor-in-chief Kevin Delaney explains how the site creates content 'optimised for the free, open social web', and is now recording 15 per cent UK traffic By Abigail Edge • 3 min read
Credit: Image by petesimon on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Tool for journalist: Snapbird, for searching Twitter Track down old tweets in your timeline, as well as favourites, mentions and direct messages By Abigail Edge • 1 min read
Credit: Image by DeaPeaJay on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Wannabe Hacks launches journalist mentoring scheme Young journalists can register for the mentoring scheme designed to offer advice and guidance to those just starting out in the industry By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
Credit: Image by ybot84 on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Europe's first newsgame hackathon to be held in May Organisers are seeking applicants to the event, to be held in Cologne, who will be able to work together to build prototype newsgames on a tight schedule By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: By Das Fotoimaginarium on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How the BBC and Guardian are innovating on Instagram A look at two Instagram-focused projects launched in January, including Instafax at the BBC and GuardianCam, the Guardian's 'first truly global-from-the-start social account' By Rachel Bartlett • 6 min read
Credit: By shawncampbell on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Five social media tips from The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal's Liz Heron shares her advice for social media success as the WSJ reaches four million Twitters followers and almost two million Facebook fans By Abigail Edge • 5 min read
Credit: Image by owenwbrown on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Facebook at 10: Tips and tools for journalists As the world's biggest social network reaches its tenth birthday, here are 10 ways journalists can use Facebook to reach readers, find sources and better connect with their audience By Alastair Reid • 8 min read
News How The Debrief delivers timely content to readers The digital-first lifestyle brand for young women aims to match reader behaviour throughout the day by providing content relevant to 'what our girl wants at what time' By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by raspberreh on Flickr News Rippla relaunches as 'Google News on steroids' New aggregation platform, launching in beta, aims to surface the news content being discussed by 'influential people' and sort hard news from click bait By Abigail Edge • 4 min read
