U.S. newspaper industry seen relatively stable in 2014

The U.S. newspaper industry remains under considerable pressure to replace lost print revenue, but the overall business stability that started to emerge last year will continue in 2014, predicts Rick Edmonds, researcher and writer for the Poynter Institute focusing on business and journalistic issues.

European Journalism Centre releases free Verification Handbook

The European Journalism Centre has just released the Verification Handbook, a free resource that provides step-by-step guidelines on how journalists can deal with user-generated content during emergencies. In this post, Craig Silverman, who edited the handbook, and Rina Tsubaki who lead and managed it, discuss how the report can help journalists.

2014 Golden Pen of Freedom awarded to jailed Ethiopian journalist

2014-01-27. Eskinder Nega, an Ethiopian publisher, journalist and blogger who is serving an 18-year jail sentence under anti-terror legislation, has been awarded the 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

Rolf-Dieter Lafrenz: “Building cooperations between publishers”

Rolf-Dieter Lafrenz, Managing Director of the Schickler consulting company in Hamburg, Germany, discusses the development of the propensity to invest in the newspaper industry in Central Europe.

Big news brands embrace sponsored content but distrust lingers

BBC.com and The New York Times open digital platforms to paid-for content but journalists fear loss of credibility.

Social news app Trove gets a re-boot from former Washington Post owners

Graham Holdings has re-launched Trove, a social news application that uses a mix of human curators and algorithms to help readers find the content they are interested in.

Newsweek pushes print plans to March

Newsweek is delaying plans for reviving its print edition until early March.

Dow Jones launches Real-Time News Desk, CEO Fenwick departs

This week, The Wall Street Journal revealed the completion of its Real-Time News Desk, a major tool in its transition to a digital-first model.

Nigerian Watch switches publication frequency from once to twice a month

“We run out of copies before the end of every month. To satisfy this increasing demand for the publication, we have decided to increase frequency,” says Maryanne Jemide, Nigerian Watch’s managing director (pictured)

Intern’s interactive quiz tops NYT’s ‘most viewed’ list

An interactive quiz about dialects that wasn’t even published until nearly the end of the year has taken the top spot of The New York Times’ list of “Most Visited” content list for 2013.