Theresa May has said that she is committed to safeguarding the future of highly local media which is a highly trusted news source for millions of people and “the backbone of this country’s democracy.” In a speech at a reception...

Number 10 Downing Street has stressed that courts must make the court lists available to journalists after instances were reported of officials withholding lists because of data protection rules.   Asked whether officials would be right to withhold lists on data...

An image of Meghan Markle walking down the aisle on her wedding day taken by a Press Association photographer has been named as the overall winner of the News Media Association’s Royal Rota photography competition. The winning photo captures Meghan...

More than 30,000 stories about local public institutions have been generated since January by Local Democracy Reporters, a key plank of the News Media Association and BBC’s ground-breaking Local News Partnership.  Up to 300 stories written by LDRs are shared...

Repression of the media has become a “new norm” across the globe as journalists face increasing risk of intimidation and persecution by corrupt regimes and institutions who want to quash legitimate reporting, the director general of the BBC has...

Members of the House of Lords have joined the News Media Association in highlighting the threat to journalism and freedom of speech posed by proposed new powers in the counter terrorism regime.   In a debate on the Counter-Terrorism and Border...

The News Media Association has condemned local authority secrecy as examples of public institutions avoiding scrutiny and blocking legitimate local newspaper activities such as attending council meetings emerge across the UK. Recent examples include councils refusing to respond to journalistic...

Local media publishers are running the from Local Media Works video highlighting the power of local media for readers and advertisers alike. The video, which is available for LMW members to embed on their websites, highlights key industry stats as...

The shortlist for the 2018 News Media Association’s Royal Rota photography competition is published today after thousands of votes were cast in a public online poll to find the best royal photography in the news media industry. An online weeklong...