Credit: By Kashchey the Immortal on Picasa. Some rights reserved. News Long-form publisher Matter stops charging for articles Matter, which had adopted a micro-payments model when it launched a year ago, was bought by blogging platform Medium earlier this year By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: By huangjiahui on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News 5 tips for personal branding on National Freelancers Day How you present yourself, both online and offline, can make a big difference in getting that next job By Alastair Reid • 6 min read
News Journalists can now send push alerts using App.net's Broadcast Twitter-like platform App.net announces Broadcast, a new mobile push notification system aimed at journalists and news outlets By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News WSJ publishes video interactive on Syrian refugee crisis News articles, videos and social media are plotted on a map to tell the story of events of the last year on the Turkey-Syria border By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: Image by M. Keefe on Flickr. Creative commons licence . Some rights reserved. News Transcribe software updated with voice-recognition feature New feature for basic account holders allows dictation alongside the audio player and text editor By Alastair Reid • 1 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News 3 ways publishers are repurposing content and 'underlying data' A look at ways to do more with your digital content, using case studies from three publishers, one online-only and two with print magazine products By Rachel Bartlett • 5 min read
Credit: Image by Thinkstock News NewsWhip launches local function for social search tool The newsroom tool for surfacing trending stories now draws on local blogs and news outlets in the UK, US, Canada and Germany as well as national outlets from around the world By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News The Times launches on-site Twitter directories The collections feature an index of staff Twitter accounts, for The Times and Sunday Times, with users able to filter results based on the reporter's area of expertise By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Screenshot from i-D.co News i-D launches new site with visuals and community at heart The fashion magazine, bought by Vice Media last year, has relaunched its web offering with a strong visual focus and innovative crowdsourcing By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: by kodomut on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Long-form journalism publisher Long Play secures €250k prize E-book publisher Long Play first launched in January, with the aim of 'finding a new business model for investigative journalism' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: By ToastyKen on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Students to run 24-hour poverty reporting project Journalism trainees from the UK, US, India and Taiwan will be using mobile and digital tools to report on the causes and consequences of poverty in local communities By Alastair Reid • 2 min read
News Mail Online had close to 154m unique browsers in October The Audit Bureau of Circulation reports that Mail Online recorded a 5.3 per cent increase in site traffic in October, taking it to just shy of 154m unique browsers By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
