The Guardian has joined forces with Leeds Trinity University on a new local project, reports Journalism.co.uk.

Jeff Israely has announced his new international news project, WorldCrunch, on Nieman Lab. WorldCrunch, inspired by France's Courrier International among others, will collect and translated news content from around the world.

Russian journalist Alexey Kovalev has written a thought-provoking piece on the state of journalism in Russia on Journalism.co.uk: "The problem with journalism in Russia is not censorship, that would be easy to deal with."

The New York Daily News' collaboration with Foursquare offers users historical photos of the place in which they are standing, About Foursquare explains.

The International Press Institute has criticised Hungary over its media secrecy law, and has launched a press freedom mission to Italy to look at editorial independence and media concentration.

Two Ugandan journalists have been arrested for extortion, reported AllAfrica.com.

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