Credit: By katgerste on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How Guardian Cities engages community beyond the comments The new site will look to its community of readers to influence the editorial direction, and give them ample opportunity to engage with stories. By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Tool for journalists: Is It Updated? for monitoring websites Monitor websites and receive notifications when they are updated with this useful tool By Abigail Edge • 1 min read
Credit: Dreamer, via Wikimedia Commons News Why Kyiv Post is to raise digital subscription fee Having dropped its paywall during the ongoing protests in Kiev, the Kyiv Post has reintroduced payment for some content and plans to increase the subscription fee By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: By jared on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News The Morning Memo provides news update for young commuters Using Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and email, the project from three City University master's students aims to deliver stories to those who 'give excuses' for not reading the news By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By Melissa Marques on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Community managers share tips for engaging audiences On the fifth Community Manager Appreciation Day, experts from the The Times, The New York Times, Metro and The Daily Post share their tips for better community engagement By Abigail Edge • 7 min read
Credit: By julianlimjl at Flickr. Some rights reserved . News 5 ways newsrooms used Vine in its first year We look at the different ways journalists are using Twitter's six-second social video app, which recently celebrated its first birthday. Examples include using the app to cover breaking news, the annual Budget, share data snippets, new perspectives and take viewers behind-the-scenes By Abigail Edge • 2 min read
Credit: Image by DeaPeaJay on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Cardiff Uni to run free online community journalism course Following the launch of its Community Journalism Centre in 2012 Cardiff University will deliver a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) in community journalism By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News 8 digital journalism skills to be covered at news:rewired With the next news:rewired just four weeks away, here are some of the essential skills for journalists we'll be discussing at our 11th digital publishing conference By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: By Mark Fischer on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Record monthly traffic ends 'positive year’ for Independent Latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation show a record 29.9 million visitors to Independent.co.uk in December, while traffic to Metro.co.uk increased 274 per cent year-on-year By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by owenwbrown on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Shareable content: Lessons learned from WalesOnline's 3.5m 'listicle' views WalesOnline article listing '18 things English people won't know unless they've lived in Wales' gets bumper traffic following 'deliberate decision' to create 'shareable, mobile-friendly content' By Rachel Bartlett • 5 min read
Credit: Image by katerha on Flickr. Some rights reserved News BBC iWonder aims to 'unlock learning potential' of content The BBC this week launched a set of interactive guides designed to be a 'one-stop-shop' for factual and educational content By Abigail Edge • 4 min read
Credit: By Julo (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons News Free book to help journalists 'get a handle' on verification Tools, tips and techniques for verifying user-generated content, images, video all feature in a free book released next week By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
