Online journalism news

Ranking the credibility of online news, NewsCred goes live

Site aims to filter news, sources and journalists by reader-ranked credibility
Posted by Laura Oliver on 20/08/08

'Baldy Blogger' Adrian Sudbury dies

Digital journalist and campaigner for bone marrow donation education died peacefully in his sleep
Posted by Laura Oliver on 20/08/08

Birmingham Post to relaunch as business-focused compact

Trinity title will run from Monday to Friday in the new format
Posted by Laura Oliver on 19/08/08

Trinity Mirror integrates Midlands' newsrooms resulting in job losses

Publisher is seeking voluntary redundancies as it introduces centralised multimedia and production desks
Posted by Laura Oliver on 19/08/08

PCC upholds mother's complaint against Sun's undercover video

Video of child porn offender at work in supermarket not justified by public interest
Posted by Laura Oliver on 19/08/08

Stephen Miron moves from Mail Online to Global Radio

Miron becomes chief executive of radio for Global
Posted by Laura Oliver on 19/08/08

US online news readership grows, but TV news stays strong

Growth in online newspaper audiences is not outpacing decline in print readers, says Pew study
Posted by Laura Oliver on 18/08/08

BBC trials embedded links in news articles

Trial features links to BBC content and external sites
Posted by Laura Oliver on 15/08/08

Newspapers rethink Twitter as free mobile alerts are cancelled

An end to SMS alerts from Twitter for UK users will change how titles use the service
Posted by Laura Oliver on 14/08/08

BBC local video plans threaten regional media's independence, says Newspaper Society

BBC proposals and government policies could be 'hugely damaging' to industry, says the group
Posted by Laura Oliver on 14/08/08

CNN recruits 'all-platform' journalists for new bureaux

Specialist multimedia staff will be deployed across 10 US cities
Posted by Laura Oliver on 13/08/08

Telegraph names Amanda Andrews as media editor

Former media correspondent for the Times joins Telegraph group
Posted by Laura Oliver on 13/08/08

Express & Star and Shropshire Star go mobile

Midlands News Association titles launch mobile versions of their sites
Posted by Laura Oliver on 13/08/08

CNN launches BackStory tool for developing news stories

Interactive tool gives readers background context to news coverage
Posted by Laura Oliver on 12/08/08

Guardian bought Madeleine McCann link by mistake, says marketing director

Paper wrongly bought the phrase Madeleine McCann as part of a list of Google keywords to promote their website
Posted by Laura Oliver on 08/08/08

Online journalism projects named as finalists for Knight-Batten Awards

A Kenyan website relaying information in the post-election violence is one of the four projects nominated for the innovation awards
Posted by Laura Oliver on 07/08/08

Johnston Press to cut up to 30 Scottish staff

Roles across editorial, sales and production will be axed at Scotsman Publications
Posted by Laura Oliver on 06/08/08

Guardian News & Media names Paul Johnson as deputy editor

Editorial changes in the build up to newsroom move see Ian Katz and Katherine Viner take on new roles
Posted by Laura Oliver on 06/08/08

Telegraph political diary editor Jonathan Isaby moves to ConservativeHome

Isaby takes up the role of co-editor of Conservative Party blog
Posted by Laura Oliver on 05/08/08

Nuts and NME websites double unique users

ABCe figures for June suggest huge growth in traffic to the IPC titles
Posted by Laura Oliver on 05/08/08

Sky to integrate news production operations

News production for online and broadcast services will be managed by single multimedia unit
Posted by Laura Oliver on 04/08/08

International Olympic Committee launches YouTube channel

IOC channel will broadcast clips from the Games to 77 territories
Posted by Laura Oliver on 04/08/08

Telegraph relaunches mobile news site

Mobile site developed using new Escenic content management system
Posted by Laura Oliver on 04/08/08

Johnston Press sites to serve international ads

Non-UK and Ireland users will see relevant advertising online
Posted by Laura Oliver on 01/08/08

The Register posts record-breaking traffic of 5.3m

Technology website records 5.3m unique users in April
Posted by Laura Oliver on 31/07/08

Yahoo partnership drives 100m users to newspaper websites

The Newspaper Consortium has led to a traffic surge for participating US sites
Posted by Laura Oliver on 31/07/08

RBI sale will complete by end of year, says CEO

Divestment set to go ahead despite positive online growth
Posted by Laura Oliver on 31/07/08

Guardian's regional division sees profit fall by £5m

Operating profit for GMG Regional Media dropped to £14.3 million during 2007/8
Posted by Laura Oliver on 30/07/08

Guardian Media Group records 36% rise in digital revenues

GMG took £85.1 million from its digital properties between March 2007/8
Posted by Laura Oliver on 30/07/08

Medicimage launches online image library for medical industry

Site aims to tap into medical photography niche
Posted by Laura Oliver on 30/07/08

Pluck and Sky expand social media partnership

Sky will introduce more of Pluck's community technology to Sky.com, Sky Motoring and Sky Showbiz
Posted by Laura Oliver on 29/07/08

Metro expands news operation despite falling profits

Publisher will recruit 12 journalists for new 'internal content agency'
Posted by Kristine Lowe on 28/07/08

PPA warns members against magazine sharing website

Mygazines.com is 'flagrantly breaching' members' copyright, says UK industry group
Posted by Laura Oliver on 28/07/08

FT.com attracts 500,000 registered users under new access model

The number of registered users has more than trebled since changes were made to the registration process
Posted by Laura Oliver on 28/07/08

Sky News ramps up political coverage with online opinion poll tool

Sky News Online has created an interactive way to explore data from 25 years of opinion polls involving the UK's main political parties
Posted by Laura Oliver on 25/07/08

ABCe figures: Guardian breaks 20m barrier, Mail Online falls to fourth

Guardian.co.uk returns to number one position, while Mail Online falters
Posted by Laura Oliver on 24/07/08

Max Mosley case: statement from Colin Myler, NOTW editor

Editor defends 'honest belief' in Nazi theme
Posted by Laura Oliver on 24/07/08

Max Mosley wins privacy case against News of the World

Motor racing chief awarded £60,000 in damages over 'Nazi-style' orgy allegations
Posted by Laura Oliver on 24/07/08

Trinity to launch mobile sites for 14 titles

The Daily Mirror and Daily Record will be first Trinity nationals to go mobile
Posted by Laura Oliver on 24/07/08

Guardian appoints Washington Post digital executive Caroline Little

Little will become a special adviser to the Guardian's US team
Posted by Laura Oliver on 23/07/08

MessyMedia ceases blog publishing

Blogs Westmonster and Glitterditch have been closed, because of insufficient audience figures
Posted by Laura Oliver on 23/07/08

'Baldy Blogger' hands bone marrow petition to parliament

Journalist and blogger Adrian Sudbury will submit almost 11,000 signatures to schools secretary
Posted by Laura Oliver on 23/07/08

Liveblog brings 9,000 to Liverpool Daily Post and Echo websites

Trinity titles' complete four days of live coverage for the Tall Ships Race
Posted by Laura Oliver on 22/07/08

Guardian completes website redesign

The culture, education and life&style channels are the last to be moved onto the site's new platform
Posted by Laura Oliver on 22/07/08

BBC Trust approves bbc.co.uk management overhaul plans

Proposals are 'prerequisite' for future investment in the site
Posted by Laura Oliver on 21/07/08

BBC names Erik Huggers as Future Media & Technology controller

Former Microsoft executive will replace outgoing chief Ashley Highfield
Posted by Laura Oliver on 18/07/08

Behind the scenes: Telegraph.co.uk's redesign

Improved navigation, a flexible page structure and more embedded video are key features of the new look
Posted by Laura Oliver on 17/07/08

South African journalism students expand Nokia's mobile journalism experiment

Following Reuters' trial of the mobile journalism kits, South African students are taking it a step further
Posted by Laura Oliver on 16/07/08

UK commercial radio body slams BBC local video plans

The BBC's proposed investment in local video would be 'highly damaging', says RadioCentre
Posted by Laura Oliver on 16/07/08

Telegraph selects Google Apps for its journalists

Journalists and commercial staff titles will use Google Apps' business package to promote shared working
Posted by Laura Oliver on 16/07/08