Credit: Image: K ennymatic News ABC: All regional news groups record rises in web traffic Johnston Press-owned Sunderlandecho.com and Portsmouth.co.uk both saw more than 40 per cent increases in average monthly unique users for the first half of this year compared with the first half of 2011 By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News Disqus to add new revenue earner for publishers Disqus this month announced plans to introduce 'promoted discovery' which will help publishers earn every time a user clicks on content included in its discovery box By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Advertorial: University College Falmouth student wins £10K for ground-breaking documentary Emma Fry is the first student to have won the award and was the youngest among more than 100 applications from film makers pitching for the cash at this year’s prestigious Sheffield Doc/Fest By University College Falmouth • 4 min read
News Tool of the week for journalists: Conweets, for tracking Twitter conversations Conweets allows you to track Twitter conversations By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Standard.co.uk records 32% traffic hike in July Standard.co.uk recorded the highest month-on-month increase in web traffic for July, according to the latest ABC results, as well as the biggest increase in average daily browsers By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Long-form journalism site for South Africa prepares to launch Pieces will be sold via Mampoer for $2.99, with the writer earning a royalty from sales By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News STV digital revenues rise 13% to £3m in first half 2012 Scottish broadcaster STV records a 16 per cent rise in operating profit, as well as an 8 per cent rise in pre-tax profit and a 13 per cent rise in digital revenues By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Storyful opens @StoryfulPro social news alerts to all Social news agency Storyful opens up Twitter stream which provides verified global breaking news with context By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News App of the week for journalists: Njuice, for surfacing trending news stories An app that surfaces stories trending on Twitter and Facebook By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News YouTube launches 'US elections hub' with partner news outlets According to YouTube its news partners, which will provide live and on-demand election coverage to the video platform, include Wall Street Journal and the New York Times By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News How long-form journalism is getting 'a new lease of life' in the digital world An in-depth look at in-depth journalism and some of the latest journalism and non-fiction platforms with long-form narrative at their core By Rachel McAthy • 10 min read
News From fanzine to HBO: How Vice became a video success story Dan'l Hewitt tells Journalism.co.uk how Vice moved into long-form video journalism and developed a commercial model which resulted in more than $110 million in revenue last year By Sarah Marshall • 6 min read
