Tories on Twitter, policy on Periscope, and Andrew Marr’s pigeon pie
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson enlivened the social media battle in an otherwise manifesto-heavy week
Jack Monroe quits Twitter over homophobic abuse
Man arrested after food writer and campaigner is abused by Twitter user claiming to be former Ukip candidate
Is online video the saviour of fragmented digital marketing?
Fragmentation and complexity have long been the biggest barriers to digital marketing’s advancement – maturing video tech is solving many of these issues
Should the media rethink how they cover disasters?
How does rolling news and social media affect reporting of a disaster such as the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash?
Sunday Times gets four nominations for London Press Club awards
Two of the paper’s big stories are shortlisted for scoop of the year
‘I’m a PERSON named London NOT the city’ – the cities missing a Twitter trick
@London is an avatar fashion designer from Houston, @Brighton is a jewellery retailer and @Birmingham has been suspended. In fact, not one of Britain’s 69 official cities owns its Twitter name
Twitter puts trillions of tweets up for sale to data miners
Company plans to make content generated by users available to commerce, academia and even police involved in crowd control
Fashion blogger Dina Torkia: ‘There’s a fear factor around the hijab’
Hijabi blogger ‘Dina Tokio’ started blogging while working in a call centre. Now she’s collaborating with Liberty and reporting for the BBC on a beauty pageant for Muslim women. How long before she’s up there with Zoella?
Media blackout: would I be happier if I didn’t read the news?
Writer Jesse Armstrong couldn’t go even a few minutes without checking the headlines. So he set himself a challenge: no news for a month. Would he feel better about the world – or just out of the loop?
WordPress in court victory over blogger censored by ‘Straight Pride UK’
Oliver Hotham, whose blog was taken down after a DMCA notice was served, has been awarded $1,000 in damages
Zelo Street’s Tim Fenton: ‘Once you start getting in with the press, you have to conform’
The leftwing blogger on holding politicians to account, fake Twitter followers and fighting media hypocrisy
Love letter to YA book bloggers
Andy Robb founded the UKYA Blogger Awards to salute all the teen and YA book bloggers who work so hard, for nothing but free books and the odd signature, to tell the world about the books they love, here’s why
Joss Whedon laments ‘nightmare’ Avengers sequel as latest trailer lands
Writer/director claims superhero-juggling blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron is ‘as tough as anything I’ve ever done’
Eight lessons political parties need to learn to woo young voters
Brands such as Adidas and Red Bull offer important pointers for political parties trying to win over young voters before the general election
15 ways NGOs can attract positive media attention
In a world where competing crises clamour for news spots, how can NGOs get their messages out? Our panel has these suggestions