Proposed changes to the to the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 could reduce the effectiveness of journalistic safeguards and give greater powers to authorities to uncover journalists’ sources, the News Media Association has warned.   Responding to a Home Office consultation, the...

Speaking at a House of Lords Debate discussing the role played by social media and online platforms as news and content publishers on Thursday 11 January, Lord Black of Brentwood warned something must be done to ensure the viability...

Patrick Daly, parliamentary correspondent for the Bristol Post, Hull Daily Mail and Grimsby Telegraph, has been appointed chair of the Newspaper Conference representing London editors and political correspondents of News Media Association member regional newspapers. Patrick replaces Kate...

Attempts to place increased financial burdens on the producers of quality journalism through a Leveson 2-style enquiry into the media and a Section 40 to the data protection regime will damage the media sector and wider economy, the chief...

The North West Evening Mail has relaunched its campaign calling for Home Secretary Amber Rudd to order an independent inquiry into the failings surrounding the death of 13 month old Poppi Worthington following the verdict of the inquest. An article in the...

HM Courts and Tribunals Service will today launch a team featuring industry represetnation including the News Media Association and Society of Editors dedicated to promoting media reporting in courts. Bringing together representatives from HMCTS and across the media, the group...

 The Department for Work and Pensions is running a Featurelink campaign encouraging people to better understand their state pension and highlighting the benefits of workplace pensions.  Featurelink, the Local Media Works service for national advertisers, allows advertisers to target...

News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson has said that the digital world is “dysfunctional from a content creative perspective” and that Google and Facebook need to change their behaviour to ensure that publishers can continue to invest in journalism. ...

Votes in the House of Lords last night for a broad Leveson-style enquiry into the media industry and punitive costs sanctions to be inserted into the data protection regime will “restrict press freedoms” and deal a “hammer blow to...