Foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt announced a review of British legislation and its impact on press freedom at the Global Conference for Media Freedom in London yesterday. The commitment on the legislative review was one of five steps outlined by Mr...

Jeremy Wright, secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, announced today that the UK will set up a National Committee for the Safety of Journalists. Mr Wright made the announcement during the International Conference on Media Freedom hosted...

The News Media Association has welcomed a consultation on new draft guidance for reporting in the family courts saying that it “strongly endorses” the approach of encouraging courts to hear informal representations instead of requiring formal media applications. In its...

The Local Media Works Awards has launched today offering entrants a chance of winning a brunch for eight people at the Duck and Waffle*. The Awards, powered by JICREG the industry currency for local media audiences in the UK, challenges media planners to better...

Local and national newspapers have pulled out all the stops to celebrate England's extraordinary win over New Zealand in the Cricket World Cup final on Sunday.  Front pages courtesy of NLA media access. 

Journalism Matters, the NMA’s annual campaign highlighting the vital role of trusted news media plays in society, reached 17.4 Million UK GB adults in print, online and social media over the course of the week. Thirty three per cent of...

The News Media Association has welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority’s announcement that it is to undertake a market study into the online platforms such as Google and Facebook. Announced as part of its digital markets strategy launch yesterday, the...

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has moved to reassure publishers that news media will not be affected by plans to introduce an age appropriate design code and standards for websites which the News Media Association fears would “wreak havoc” upon...

A growing list of problems including poor brand safety, potentially exploitative data practices and the prominence of fake news has led to increased consumer hostility towards social media platforms and a halving in global ad spend growth year-on-year, according...