The National Union of Journalists has produced a new handbook called Stop Bullying about challenging bullying in the workplace and dignity at work policies.

The NUJ says it looks at what bullying is and how to tackle it, legal definitions and model agreements.

Both the booklet and the model agreement document can be downloaded from the NUJ website.

Meanwhile, the NUJ is running a feature writing course at its London head office on July 23 and 24 - more details can be found at the NUJ's training website or by e-mailing training@nuj.org.uk.

The hunt is now on for a new editor at the Dorset Echo.

The Newsquest daily is looking for a successor to David Murdock who is leaving the hot seat after ten years in charge.

David, 58, told HoldtheFrontPage that he planned to do some PR and media consultancy work after finishing with the paper.

Click through to read the job ad and apply.

The Centre of Investigative Journalism is running a three-day summer school at City University, in London.

Among the topics to be covered are the environment, the Freedom of Information Act, media law and understanding company accounts.

The CIJ is a registered charity which offers training, resources and research to journalists.

The course runs from July 18 to 20 – for more details e-mail margaret.renn@tcij.org or visit www.tcij.org.

Birmingham Post reporter Joanna Geary has been promoted to development editor at the Trinity Mirror daily.

She will oversee development of the title's new website which underwent a revamp and relaunch earlier this year.

Joanna is a prolific blogger and Twitter user, even announcing her interview for the new position via her own blog.

The Newspaper Society's Local Matters planning tool has logged 677 unique users since its launch two weeks ago.

The media planning tool has been built using the findings of a six-figure research project carried out on behalf of the NS by consultants Millward Brown.

Agencies and advertisers have been using the website to access findings from the Local Matters research project which probed differences between geographic communities within the UK, and the consequences for media.

Submitting Information

Click here to have your say on this story