Facebook gives £4.5m to fund 80 local newspaper jobs in UK

Social media firm to finance trainee ‘community’ journalists scheme

Queer actor Ezra Miller is the hero we need right now. Even Playboy gets it

The choice of a non-binary cover star shows the world is really changing, says Guardian commissioning editor Elle Hunt

Magazine defends ‘Tarantino cretin’ interview with Ennio Morricone

German Playboy says it is ‘surprised’ by the film composer’s claim that he did not give the interview

Katharine Viner: ‘The Guardian’s reader funding model is working. It’s inspiring’

The Guardian’s editor-in-chief reflects on the state of media today and explains how the support of 1 million readers has enabled us to report and investigate the most important stories of our time

We now know it’s folly to rage against Trump

The president will never be out-ranted, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Rebel Wilson apologises for claiming to be first plus-sized lead in a romcom

The actor faced a media storm as she initially blocked Twitter complaints, before acknowledging other stars including Mo’Nique and Queen Latifah

Make social media firms remove terror attack images, says police chief

Manchester chief constable in favour of requirement to take down distressing material

Guardian named UK’s most trusted newspaper

Survey suggests Britons under 30 seek out reliable news websites associated with traditional outlets

Backlash over Lena Dunham script for Syrian refugee film

Girls creator is embroiled in a ‘whitewashing’ row after news that she is to adapt the story of Doaa Al-Zamel whose boat was rammed in the Mediterranean

Can James Harding’s Tortoise be more than a rich person’s club?

High-profile editors are on board with the venture, but it feels like an escape, not a solution, to journalism’s problems, says Guardian columnist Emily Bell

Truly, madly, tweetly: Tanya Gold’s other life online

Journalist Tanya Gold has had a serious Facebook and Twitter habit for years. As she scrolls down through thousands of old posts, what does she discover about herself?

Shitty Media Men list: lawyer wants to expose women who contributed

Andrew Miltenberg, lawyer for writer Stephen Elliott, says Kavanaugh hearings make case ‘more relevant than ever’

The tech giants, the US and the Chinese spy chips that never were… or were they?

A sensational Bloomberg story about a major hardware hack was swiftly denied. But the journalists aren’t backing down

Reading the small print: rural papers defy the odds in a sea of job losses

While large publishers are cutting staff and coverage, some regional independents are thriving

Graham Linehan given police warning after complaint by transgender activist

West Yorkshire force tell Father Ted co-writer not to contact Stephanie Hayden after row on Twitter