The top 10 most-read news stories and blog posts this week on Journalism.co.uk were:

1. Al Jazeera English hits US screens after New York cable deal

2. BBC news programmes disrupted by second 24-hour strike

3. How to: get to grips with SEO as a journalist

4. Can FOI requests be submitted on Twitter? Yes, says ICO

5. App of the week for journalists: Evernote – A must-have app ‘like having a second brain’

6. Alleged hacker’s bail hearing divides news outlets over reporting restrictions

7. Guardian Media Group reports £25m drop in revenue

8. Twentieth journalist killed in Latin America this year

9. Ofcom report: 30 stats on smartphones and internet use

10. BuzzData, a ‘social network for people who work with data’