How to boost digital security to protect sources, reporting

National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations about PRISM and other U.S. government monitoring programs have raised questions about press freedom and source anonymity. Now more than ever, reporters must learn how to maximize privacy online.

Could Facebook’s mobile news service fill the gap left by Google Reader?

Having introduced Poke as a rival to Snapchat and Instagram’s new video service to take on Vine, as well as rolling out its own brand of Twitter-inspired hashtags, Facebook is reportedly now set to offer a challenge to Flipboard and Pulse with a news aggregation app for smartphones and tablets.

Why newsrooms need smart TV apps

If your news organization doesn’t have a smart TV app, designing one should be a top priority, data from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism suggests.

Zeitung Digital 2013 in pictures

Zeitung Digital 2013, a joint WAN-IFRA and BDZV conference, took place on 19 and 20 June in Frankfurt, Germany. Here are some impressions from the show floor.

Paid online content has optimistic future, study suggests

More people are paying for online news, and those who don’t digitally subscribe are warming to the idea of doing so, according to a new study by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.

2013 is ‘do or die’ for Patch

Halfway through Patch’s “do-or-die year,” AOL’s goals to break even appear a lofty fantasy. The hyperlocal news community must halve its expenses and double its revenues, suggesting that Patch may soon join many of its recently defunct peers.

Murdoch’s empire to split today

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation will be split in two today, Wednesday 19 June, in order to separate the company’s thriving entertainment assets and its less lucrative publishing assets into two distinct empires: 21st Century Fox and New News Corp respectively.

How data is transforming news

This is a guest post from Kylie Davis, network editor, Real Estate, News Ltd, Australia, and World Editors Forum board member.

Data is fundamentally changing journalism from a manufacturing industry where the focus is on the production of informative content, to a service industry driven by data based insights into the location, the information needs and the behaviour and emotions of readers and helps them solve problems.

Indian committee pushes for punishment of paid news ‘cancer’

Referring to paid news as a “cancer” that has overtaken the country, an Indian committee is advocating for stricter penalties, including imprisonment, for journalists that accept payment for favorable coverage.

Advertisement charging a cellphone

Nice idea for an advert for Nivea sun care products: A solar panel integrated into a printed magazine ad allows to use the sun not only for tanning, but also for charging your mobile phone.