Staying ahead of the pack: Martin Belam on digital innovation at Trinity Mirror

What does data journalism look like at a tabloid newspaper? Martin Belam, editor of at Trinity Mirror’s new offerings Ampp3d and Mirror Row Zed, is experimenting with the model. The Trinity Mirror group is Britain’s biggest newspaper company, publishing two national tabloid titles and 240 regional newspapers.

Data journalism in Africa: Justin Arenstein talks digital innovation on a budget

Investigative data journalist, Google consultant and Knight International Journalism Fellow, Justin Arenstein, is currently working with the African Media Initiative (AMI) to expand digital journalism experimentation in newsrooms across Africa.

He spoke with WAN-IFRA research fellow, Julie Posetti, about using basic mobile technology, minimal staff and next-to-no funding to help newsrooms across Africa create life-saving data journalism.

Twitter’s Geary a ‘game-changer’

“If content is king, collaboration is queen.” That is posted at the top of Joanna Geary’s personal website. Certainly that belief and her digital-, engagement- and community-oriented background helped to land Geary her current position at Twitter UK where she is responsible for News Partnerships.

Aron Pilhofer leaves NYT for new role at the Guardian

A new position has been created for Aron Pilhofer as executive digital editor at the Guardian.

New York Times and Le Monde editors leave amidst turmoil

Two of the world’s most powerful female newspaper editors left their respective posts in controversial circumstances, write Emily Bennett and Paul McClean.

De Benedetti: Why I, Like Mr. Döpfner, Fear Google

Italian media mogul Carlo De Benedetti responds to Mathias Döpfner’s recent concerns about Google, and expresses his fear and admiration for the search-engine giant. He suggests five points which could form an industrial strategy against “global operators.” Benedetti will be speaking at the World Newspaper Congress in Torino, Italy on Wednesday, 11 June.

EU court grants the “right to be forgotten”

The European Court of Justice has ruled in favour of the so-called “right to be forgotten”, a decision that will force companies like Google to amend certain search results at the request of users.

Former Seattle Times Executive Editor David Boardman on the evolving role of the editor

Before becoming the Dean of the School of Media and Communication at Temple University in Philadelphia last September, David Boardman spent 30 years at The Seattle Times. For more than a decade, he was either the newspaper’s chief editor or a managing editor.

The New York Times releases innovation report

The New York Times released a report on newsroom innovation this past week which was led by Arthur Gregg Sulzberger, a metro reporter and the son of NYT chairman and publisher, Arthur Sulzberger Jr.

Patrick Eveno on Le Monde walkout: “There is a certain conservatism among some people.”

Following the walkout of seven editorial executives from French daily Le Monde last week, two deputy directors have also reportedly left the organisation. The World Editors Forum’s Paul McClean spoke to Patrick Eveno, Professor of Journalism at the Sorbonne, to find out why the paper is witnessing such turbulent times.