LinkedIn follows the ‘platisher’ agenda

LinkedIn has begun to offer users of its site the capacity to publish content and make it visible to all account holders. Previously this feature was only available to special “Influencer users.” Starting with 25,000 users this month, the option is to be opened to all users over the next few weeks.

Australian photographer forced to delete images after being held by private security guard

Sydney Morning Herald photographer Nick Moir has been detained by private security guards working for an Australian immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea.

Journalists use social media to strike back

Since the rise of social media, news organisations have tried to control individual journalists’ use of the platforms. Journalists, however, are beginning to push back. Internationally this is taking the form of social media campaigns run by journalists to critique their employers and garner public support.

An Italian journey to digital first

Last year Italian regional Il Tirreno began an experiment, turning one of its local newsrooms into a digital-first operation. The site chosen for this shift was Prato, the second largest city in Tuscany, with 200,000 inhabitants and a large Chinese community.

German press body adapts to online complaints

A report released today by Presserat, the German press self regulatory organisation, has announced that for the first time they are spending more time dealing with complaints about online content than they are with print complaints.

Press freedom mission in Kiev as death toll rises

As the death toll in Kiev rises following unprecedented violent protests, an international press freedom partnership began a mission to Ukraine last night to investigate journalists’ safety.

Saudia Arabia’s first woman editor-in-chief

Saudi Arabia – a country with a shocking history regarding women’s rights – has appointed its first female editor-in-chief of a national newspaper.

El País to replace Javier Moreno

El País, Spain’s biggest daily newspaper, will replace Editor-in-Chief Javier Moreno with Antonio Caño.

Global media bodies urge British prime minister to distance himself from press issues

International media rights organisations have issued a strongly worded letter to UK Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to refrain from publicly commenting on on-going criminal investigations into the Guardian.

Search on for new editor as crisis at Libération continues

The hunt is on for a new editor of Left-Wing French daily Libération after Nicolas Demorand resigned last week. Following a strike, Demorand’s journalists ran a robust campaign against his radical plans to turn the newspaper into a new media hub, housing a start-up incubator alongside a TV station and a cafe at the newspaper’s Paris headquarters.