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The 2014 World Young Reader Prize – HOW TO ENTER

The World Young Reader Prizes are awarded annually to innovative news publishers that have devised, in the judges’ opinion, the best project or activity in the past 24 months in one or more of the main areas of young reader development. This year sees four new special categories, and it’s easy to enter!

Four tech innovations that might save the life of a journalist

Mobile personal security apps and devices are enabling journalists to instantly alert human rights groups and their own networks about physical threats of abduction, unlawful arrest and violence. Sydney Pead reports on innovations in journalism safety targeting journalists on the frontline.

Former media mogul Tony O’Reilly reportedly to file for bankruptcy

The Irish Independent online newspaper has reported that its former owner Tony O’Reilly, the former CEO of Independent News and Media may file for bankruptcy in the Bahamas.

Crucial time for drone reporting laws: industry needs to act

Journalism needs to get “a seat at the table so that free press rights and free speech rights are part of the conversation,” in evolving drone legislation, Matthew Waite, founder of the Drone Journalism Lab told the World Editors Forum.

Top takeaways from the World Advertising Forum

Speakers at this year’s World Advertising Forum in Turin made it clear that the trends shaping the industry in recent years are still strongly present, there is also a major sense of hope for digital revenues in the form of the tablet.

Embracing disruption: Congress takeaways

My primary takeaways from the Congress sessions in Turin: constant innovation (“think like a startup”), collaboration (“why go it alone?”), mobile, mobile, mobile, leveraging technology, and data.

South African newspaper publisher Naspers set to celebrate centenary

Naspers is preparing to celebrate its centenary in 2015. After being on the brink of bankruptcy several times in its earlier days, the company is now a successful global player, operating print, pay TV and internet services.

Anglophone market booming as ‘The Local’ launches Danish site

European online news publisher The Local has launched its ninth addition in Denmark today, further enhancing the reach of English language European news to an expanding audience of Anglophones.

Top quotes and takeaways from the Turin World Editors Forum

When journalists and editors from around the globe met in Torino for the 21st World Editors forum this month, the key themes of discussion were: the onward progression of the digital transformation of newsrooms and story-telling; the impact of the Snowden-effect; abuses of press freedom; the increasingly important role of video stories; the boundary crossing of globalised journalism; and the evolving role of the editor.

Trends in Newsrooms: the urgent need to shield journalism in the age of surveillance

In the post-Snowden era, newsrooms are increasingly aware of state-sponsored breaches of privacy and the threat they pose to journalists and their sources. Some newsrooms have introduced sophisticated anti-surveillance technology, and others have literally reverted to notepad, pen and clandestine meetings in the interests of shielding their sources and avoiding state, and corporate, electronic surveillance.