Brian Boyer, the Head of NPR's news apps team, offers advice on “making useful things for people,” in a post on Nieman Lab's website titled "Welcome to Hacker Journalism 101, take your seats."

Covering the US political conventions costs media organisations dearly, but The Washington Post's Paul Farhi writes that it is also essential in terms of credibility.

News International could face 230 new claims relating to alleged phone hacking, according to a report on the Guardian's website.

On Poynter, Herbert Lowe offers seven tips for writing "a Twitter bio that’ll make you stand out as a journalist"

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