Retraction Watch is a blog which seeks to highlight the latest scientific retractions. The blog started in August 2010 by Ivan Oransky (executive editor of Reuters Heath and teachers medical journalism a New York University) and Adam Marcus (managing editor of Anaesthesiology News).

So why a blog on retractions?

Data journalism, simply put, is journalism using data - journalism about data, and journalism that draws on data. Data can assist to tell a complex story with infographics that illustrate and interpret the wealth of digital data now available.

The UK Guardian's data blog has set a benchmark for the use of data in reporting. It is pleasing to see the Canberra Times taking a leaf out of their book.

The Big Spend uses data to provide an interactive view of the more than half a billion dollars Australian government agencies spent on consultants between 2008 and 2011.

"Comment is free but facts are sacred', is a famous quote from C.P. Scott, founding editor of the Guardian newspaper.

The Pulitzer Prizes, for excellence in fiction, musical composition, and a wide range of journalistic categories, were first awarded in 1917. This website contains the complete list of prize winners from 1917 on, and provides the full text of winning entries in the Journalism categories from 1995 to date, along with brief biographies of winners.

The Pew Research Center has just released its annual The State of the News Media report. The 2011 report shows that while American media revenue improved in 2010, and newsroom cutbacks eased, newspapers were still badly hit, with further job losses threatened.

Some experiments with new revenue models began to blossom. However, the report asks the question of whether, in the digital realm, the news industry is actually in control of its future.