News Guardian leads shortlist for 2011 Orwell Prize Four nominations for Guardian writers from a shortlist of seven in a year of record entries for the prize By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Guardian closes 'unsustainable' local sites Local 'beatblogger' sites in Cardiff, Leeds and Edinburgh are to close after a year By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
News Petition gains support to release journalists held in Libya Campaigners have collected more than 30,000 signatures calling for the release of four journalists held in Libya for three weeks By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Al Jazeera journalist's six years in Guantánamo due in part to role at network New leaked documents show that Sami al-Hajj was held partly in order to provide information on the Arabic television network By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News New York Times adds 100,000 digital subscribers More than 100,000 people have signed up as digital subscribers to the New York Times website within the first four weeks By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Strike ends at Kyiv Post as owner and staff reach "tentative agreement" Brian Bonner returns to the editorial board of the Kyiv Post after an agreement with owners the Istil Group following a strike by editorial staff By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Channel 4 documentary ruled as breaching privacy code Channel 4 re-edits Cutting Edge documentary on true life stories after Ofcom ruled the privacy element of the Broadcasting Code had been breached By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Independent to launch Saturday edition of i in May The new Saturday edition of Independent spin-off newspaper i will focus on leisure, sport, interviews and games By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News BBC's £16 million salary bill for senior managers Senior managers in the BBC's News Group division have a combined salary of £16 million despite the broadcaster reducing this bill by 18.3 per cent By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News British-born journalist killed in Libya, foreign office confirms British-born journalist and photographer Tim Hetherington was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade while on assignment covering the conflict in Libya By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Kyiv Post staff strike after editor's departure Editorial staff at English-language Ukrainian newspaper the Kyiv Post, have walked out after the alleged sacking of editor-in-chief Brian Bonner By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Striking Tindle Newspapers journalists threatened with redundancies Tindle Newspapers has warned journalists striking over poor quality titles and lack of staff, they may face redundancy By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
