Credit: Sean Dempsey/PA News NUJ receives political backing over regional press scrutiny Union claims Labour leader Ed Miliband and MP John Healey have backed calls for Leveson inquiry to investigate ownership and practices in regional press By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Tool of the week for journalists - TwentyFeet, analytics for your site and social networks Analytics platform TwentyFeet enables you to see all your stats in one place By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News 'They were planning to kill me, it was really bad' Kenyan journalist Fatuma Noor risked her life investigating members of Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab but won a CNN MultiChoice African Journalist award for her reporting By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
Credit: eguidetravel on Flickr, some rights reserved News New local TV service has 65 cities in contention Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt asks broadcasters and audiences to argue why their town or city should be selected By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Journalism school to appeal loss of NCTJ accreditation noSWeat Journalism Training founder seeks appeal after review by the National Council for the Training of Journalists By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
Credit: Joe Shlabotnik on Facebook. Some rights reserved. News New York Times launches collaborative testing website Registered users can comment and members of the online community can experiment with innovative features through the New York Times beta620 site By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
News Students to take over running of hyperlocal news site Saddleworth News founder Richard Jones hands over site to digital journalism students from University Campus Oldham By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
Credit: Adrian S Pye, some rights reserved News Archant suffers 60% drop in profits after ad slump Archant chairman Richard Jewson cites a fall in advertising revenues as contributing to the fall in operating profits by £4.4 million to £2.6 million By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
News Natasha Kaplinsky joins ITV News lineup for London Tonight Former Five News and BBC presenter returns to ITV News as anchor of ITV London Tonight, covering Nina Hossain's maternity leave By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
Credit: NUJ News Johnston Press chief says no to ACAS mediating strike John Fry tells NUJ members that management won't involve conciliation service ACAS in resolving ongoing dispute over cutbacks across South Yorkshire titles By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: Martin Keene/PA News PA pays freelance agency following copyright dispute Press Association pays undisclosed sum to Solent News and Photo after being accused of 'lifting' interview with father of murdered Bristol architect Joanna Yeates By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News App of the week for journalists: Evernote - A must-have app 'like having a second brain' Evernote, a note-taking platform that made it into the New York Times list of '10 must-have apps' By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
