Credit: By mollystevens on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Content and the journey: Building a good user experience for news sites Based on the advice of user experience and news design experts, this feature outlines eight pointers on offering audiences a good user experience By Rachel McAthy • 9 min read
News Five free portfolio and profile platforms for journalists A selection of online portfolio and profile platforms where journalists can showcase their experience and articles By Sarah Marshall • 3 min read
Credit: Financial Times on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News FT running 'digital learning week' for staff The three-day 'digital learning week' will cover five main themes: social media, mobile, digital advertising, data analytics and other digital trends in the media industry By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Building an 'in-the-moment experience' with The Grid Executive producer for digital news Cory Haik discusses the vision behind its live 'grid', built for the US political conventions, and the potential to 're-fashion' it for other news events By Rachel McAthy • 4 min read
News BBC Newswatch host Samira Ahmed on transparency Samira Ahmed joins the programme dedicated to viewer feedback - and tells Journalism.co.uk how social media has 'broken down some of the barriers between newsmakers and audiences' By Sam Smith • 2 min read
Credit: Image by M. Keefe on Flickr. Creative commons licence . Some rights reserved. News How Wired.co.uk grew a podcast audience of 20K A Google Doc, a store cupboard and £350: Lessons in podcasting from Wired.co.uk By Sarah Marshall • 7 min read
News NewsWhip Spike adds real-time trending search Users for powerful news monitoring tool NewsWhip Spike can now search for topics and see which articles on the subject are gaining the most attention on social media By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News How Square Mile iPad app 'transformed' editorial operation The magazine launched an iPad edition two months ago By Sam Smith • 2 min read
News Al Jazeera English uses Reddit for presidential debate Journalists from Al Jazeera English's The Stream engage with the 2 million-strong Reddit politics community, taking comments made on the social platform and broadcasting them during live coverage of the presidential debate By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: Dreamer, via Wikimedia Commons News Piano paywall in Slovakia increases subscriber content According to Piano Media, which provides the national paywall, four participating publishers will again add to their exclusive offerings for subscribers in a bid to further 'increase reach' By Rachel McAthy • 3 min read
News MSN announces optimised site for Windows 8 and IE10 Reuters also reports that MSN is 'making a multi-million dollar investment' in its news operation By Sam Smith • 1 min read
Credit: C. Regina on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Pew study: Mobile devices increase news consumption Report finds nearly a quarter of Americans own a tablet, with a similar number expecting to get a device By Sarah Marshall • 3 min read
