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Ghanaian journalists have been urged to take advantage of the Programme for African Investigative Reporting (PAIR), to access funds to undertake investigative journalism in diverse areas for the benefit of society.

Guardian reporter Nick Davies received the Paul Foot Award for investigative journalism for a series of stories that helped expose the depth of phone hacking conducted by the News of the World.

"The web is the future of journalism, but let's be honest: the future isn’t living up to expectations. Newspapers and magazines have cut back on in-depth reporting. Gossip sites have proliferated. The web has become a byword for fast and cheap. Why isn’t it synonymous with fearless, investigative and enthralling writing?"

The Knight Digital Media Center gives news startups some basic lessons on business plans after the Chicago News Cooperation, a two-year-old nonprofit news site, announced that it is suspending its contributions to the Midwest pages of the New York Times.

The Data Journalism Awards (DJA) is the first international contest recognising outstanding work in the field of data journalism worldwide.

AfriCOG invites qualified journalists to apply for the Investigative Journalism Fellowship in the areas of anti-corruption and good governance.

Two Swedish journalists are accused by the Ethiopian authorities of aiding and cooperating with "terrorist organisations". They were apprehended while doing their work in the Ogaden region, where separatist movements are involved in an armed struggle with the central governement in Addis Abeba. MO* participated in the opening session of a high profile court case.

On Wednesday 19 October, four European journalists were awarded the European Parliament Prize for Journalism 2011. This prize is for having contributed to developing, “a greater understanding of the EU”.

On International Right to Know Day, two leading human rights organisations, Access Info Europe (Spain) and the Centre for Law and Democracy (Canada), are launching the first detailed analysis of the legal framework for the right to information (RTI) in 89 countries around the world.