As I step down as NMA chief executive at the end of this month, I do so with the same belief as I had when I joined the industry in 1984. News media companies sustain the journalism which counts in...

The Home Office is encouraging journalists working in the UK to share their experiences of being threatened and abused to help the Government better understand the issue and to improve journalist safety. The minister for media and data, John Whittingdale...

In a Westminster Hall debate on World Press Freedom Day last week, MPs raised concerns over journalist safety, commercial pressure on news publishers and SLAPPs. MPs highlighted the increasing dangers facing journalists from international figures and countries. As reported by...

 The National Council for the Training of Journalists have launched a survey for working journalists to capture their views on what kind of skills they would like to develop and in what way, to ensure the Journalism Skills Academy...

A virtual Council meeting was originally to be held in secret until Local Democracy reporter, Nick Statham, and Reach Plc won a legal fight to prevent the press and public being barred from the meeting. Nick reported: “Stockport councillors are...

Peers have welcomed the Government’s efforts to include protections for journalism in the Online Safety Bill and look forward to “continuing dialogue” to ensure the safeguards are watertight and practical. In a letter to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, Lord Gilbert of...

The Ozone Project has appointed Martin Harriman as its first chair in a move to further boost the strategic direction and commercial success of the cross-publisher venture. Mr Harriman was most recently non-executive chair for augmented reality company WaveOptics Ltd....

News Media Association chairman Henry Faure Walker has paid tribute to the achievements of outgoing NMA chief executive David Newell at his final NMA annual general meeting today. Addressing the meeting of NMA members this morning, Mr Faure Walker welcomed...

Recent profit announcements by tech platforms demonstrate how rapidly they are using their monopoly positions to extract revenues from markets in which they operate and generate “abnormal” levels of profit, European publishers have said. News Media Europe, of which the...