The News Media Association is to seek confirmation from the Cabinet Office that news media will be designated as an emergency service in the event that restrictions are placed on movement because of coronavirus.    The NMA will stress the...

  A new regulatory regime for the tech giants will not impact upon free speech which is the “beating heart of our democracy, values and modern society,” a senior Ofcom executive has said today. Ofcom group content director Kevin Bakhurst moved...

Journalists have until Monday to enter the Regional Press Awards which includes the News Media Association’s Cathryn Nicoll Award for young journalists. Entries for the awards, which highlight brilliant journalism in the local media sector, can be made  through the...

The News Media Association has updated its Power of News showcase highlighting examples of national and regional newspapers’ agenda- setting investigations, campaigns and scoops. The latest examples include the cross- publisher Power Up the North campaign which ran in over...

The Government has said that it looks forward to continuing “constructive engagement” with the News Media Association over advertising and trading restrictions for the Commonwealth Games to ensure that there will be no adverse impact on local newspapers. Speaking in...

The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee, has launched an inquiry into the future of journalism in the UK. Launched one year after the publication of the Cairncross Review on the sustainability of UK journalism, the inquiry aims to...

The pilot Future News Fund has failed to include established local news media publishers following the announcement of the 19 successful projects. Run by NESTA and funded by the DCMS, the fund received 178 applications from a range of organisations, from...

The Eastern Eye and Asian Sunday have signed up to the News Media Assocation and BBC's Local News Partnership scheme, this follows the announcement in October that the scheme would be opened up to news platforms aimed at ethnic minority audiences....

In an interview broadcast on The Media Show on BBC Radio Four yesterday, James Mitchinson,  editor of The Yorkshire Post, touched on the crisis faced by local newspapers, the importance of fact-checking in the age of misinformation, current attacks...