Credit: By wilhelmja on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News New site from Chicago Tribune crowdsources 'what's hot' in the city NewsChicago, built for the Tribune by CrowdyNews, sources and distributes popular stories from around the area through a curated list of Twitter users By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
Credit: By Mark Fischer on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News ABC confirms web traffic of 134m for Mail Online in July Figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulation for July confirmed the website for the Daily Mail recorded an 11 per cent increase in web traffic for July, compared to the previous month By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News How the NY Times created multimedia story The Jockey We speak to two of the people involved in creating the news outlet's latest Snowfall-like immersive multimedia project By Sarah Marshall • 7 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News 5 ways journalists can make the most of portfolio platforms A look at five different features offered by portfolio platforms, to help journalists showcase their work and connect with others By Charlotte Latimer • 4 min read
Credit: Thinkstock News A look at Storyful's Open Newsroom verification project A look at the first two months of the project, which involves a Google+ community working together to verify content shared online By Rachel Bartlett • 4 min read
News 10 social media engagement tips from the Financial Times We speak to communities editor Sarah Laitner to find out how the FT uses social media By Sarah Marshall • 8 min read
Credit: By amslerPIX on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Channel 4 News 'pops-up' around the UK Channel 4 News's week-long programme of 'pop-ups' in five locations across the UK started today in Cornwall By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: Digitzedchaos on Flickr . Some rights reserved. News The FOIA Machine reaches $50K Kickstarter goal The platform for filing and tracking Freedom of Information requests in the US, which is being built by a team at the Center for Investigative Reporting, will also get $10,000 from the Knight Foundation By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: By Drnantu on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News ABC: Latest digital edition circulation figures for magazines The Europe edition of the Economist, Total Film, GQ and Men's Health have digital circulations of above 12,000 per issue, according to the latest audited figures By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: By Don McCullough on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Drone Journalism Lab: Why it is time to debate flying cameras Professor Matt Waite discusses his research into how unmanned copters that carry cameras can be used for news By Sarah Marshall • 7 min read
News New York Times launches IFTTT channel IFTTT – or If This Then That – lets you connect different accounts and readers of NYTimes.com can now auto-save stories, auto-post stories and receive email and SMS alerts By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: By ToastyKen on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How the Financial Times has upped its mapping game The interactive team at FT.com can now quickly create scalable maps of anywhere in the world By Alastair Reid • 3 min read
