News NUJ announces Regional Press Awards shortlist Founders of new scottish newspaper the Caledonian Mercury and crowdsourced investigative journalism site Help Me Investigate nominated for Multimedia Publisher of the Year By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Student journalists across four continents recognised in global contest Winners from eight different countries awarded for a range of work including news, features, cartoons and photographs By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Salford Star to appeal local council's rejection of funding applications Star's March applications to council for half its printing costs were rejected on the grounds that the magazine was "overtly political" By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Economist begins to roll out new online commentary feature Fifty-five economists sign up to new 'Economics By Invitation' blog By Judith Townend • 1 min read
News Freelance Writing Jobs Network sold to Splashpress Media Startup freelance site sold for an undisclosed amount five years after being started by Deborah Ng By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Q&A: Knight News Challenge winner Retha Hill discusses her local platform CitySeed Inspired by Fix My Street and MySociety, CitySeed allows local people to propose topics for local news coverage By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Twelve Knight News Challenge winners share $2.74m for hyperlocal innovation Winning projects include Mapped live news, editorial cartoon games and virtual town halls By Rachel Bartlett • 4 min read
News Gannett broadcasting arm to launch hyperlocal sites in 10 US markets New sites will be focused on user-generated content and integrated into the companies' existing broadcast websites By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News French pro-am news website launches monthly print edition Around 30 per cent of print title will be original material, with the rest made up from a selection of the online content By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Times Online gives way to News International's new paywalled sites Former Times and Sunday Times website now redirects to thetimes.co.uk and old content joins new behind the wall By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News News aggregator's licensing enquiry meets with severe response from Dow Jones NewsCred co-founder Shafqat Islam instructed not to archive, link to or even mention content from Dow Jones' Private Equity News site By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News YouTube to launch breaking news feed Video-sharing site teams up with Berkley Graduate School of Journalism and aims to provide 'a strong focus on visuals and non-traditional sources' By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
