The Sun has launched a major campaign for its 50th birthday, inviting readers to nominate the charities that mean the most to them, for the chance to share in a £1 million year-long Reader Fund giveaway. Tony Gallagher, The Sun editor-in-chief,...

The Local Democracy Reporting Service, part of the News Media Assocation and BBC's Local News Partnership, has officially started in Northern Ireland. Jessica Black was the first reporter on the BBC-funded scheme to file a story from the area with...

PHD Media has won the Local Media Works Awards Best of the Best award for planning an outstanding national campaign in local media. A panel of judges picked PHD Media for its ‘Awesome Week’ campaign for the Lego Movie 2 and...

Government must “get out of the slow lane” with their support for local journalism otherwise more local papers will be lost at a time when we need them most, Newsquest chief executive Henry Faure Walker has said. Speaking at a...

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have spoken of the importance of local press after the weekly Chad newspaper accused the Prime Minister of fobbing off local media during a visit to the area. In a piece last week, The Chad...

Local and national news media publishers are able to apply to the Government-funded Future News Fund for grants of up to £100,000 to “pilot new approaches to public interest news,” Nesta has announced. Applications have to be submitted by  8...

The ninth annual Power of Print Conference held at the Stationers Hall on Tuesday 5 November saw industry experts from Waitrose, Wavemaker, Archant Dialogue and Ogilvy discuss the lasting impactful opportunities that print provides.   Carl Kirby, and Lauren Sutton, both...

Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan emphasised that the Government “supports the goals of the EU Copyright Directive”, which includes a Publisher’s Right granting press publishers a two-year term of protection against online sharing of their publications by internet companies...

A new study has found a direct link between countries that strongly uphold the principles of press freedom and a range of other factors including wealth creation, electoral integrity, and the rule of law.   Analysis has found that the open...