The National Union of Journalists has launched a commission on multi-media working, looking at newsroom integration, the positives and negatives of current industry moves, and how to take advantage of good practice and apply it more widely.
It will produce guidelines and resources in key areas such as training, working practices, staffing levels, health and safety, pay, user-generated content and use of freelances. Commission members include Paula Dear, Helen Mulholland, Jemima Kiss, Gary Herman, Donnacha DeLong and John Barsby.

The annual general meeting of The Journalists' Charity will be held at Bride Lane, off Fleet Street, London, on May 30.
More details are available on the charity's website, journalistscharity.org.uk

Staff from the Courier Media Group in Kent and Sussex are to take part in the 'Courier On Your Bike Challenge' to raise funds for charity.
The team of six will cycle 125 miles of the first stage of the Tour de France tomorrow to raise money for the Geoff Thomas Foundation. Taking part are Ed Aarons, Glenn Garrett, Richard Coleman, Richard Karn, Tony Durrant and Gemma Gardiner - and they would really welcome your support.
They can be sponsored online at courieronyourbike.

An unprecedented number of trainees from a specific centre have been shortlisted for Scotland's leading competition for student journalists.
Students from the Scottish Centre for Journalism Studies, run jointly by Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian universities, made up more than half of the university shortlists for The Write Stuff, which is supported by local and national titles, the Society of Editors and the NUJ. The award ceremony is to be held at Glasgow City Hall on May 30.

Children as young as 12 are being caught by police in Merseyside carrying firearms and Class A drugs, according to information released after a Daily Post Freedom of Information request.
Merseyside Police figures showed that 48 under-18s were arrested for gun crimes last year, and another 141 for the most serious Class A drugs offences. The youngest were just 12 – while the youngest of the 141 caught for knife crimes was only 11. Class A drugs include heroin, cocaine, LSD and crack.