A report published by the Foreign Policy Centre has highlighted concerns over threats journalists face when reporting on financial corruption and it’s effect on media freedom in the UK. The report highlights that many journalists who are working to...

Government is aware of the vital role public notices play in local newspapers revenues and is “working closely to ensure that we protect that,” Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has said this morning.  The News Media Association is campaigning to keep...

More than 2600 journalists have been killed across the globe in the last 30 years, according to a report published by the International Federation of Journalists for International Day for Human Rights today.  In its White Paper on Global Journalism,...

The News Media Association wishes you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Next year, we look forward to continuing our work towards correcting the imbalance of power between the publishers and the tech platforms, highlighting the vital...

Forthcoming legislation to underpin the new Digital Markets Unit to regulate the tech platforms will provide a "very good spur" to try and achieve agreement between the publishers and the platforms, the Minister for Media and Data John Whittingdale has...

A quarantine exemption for journalists who need to travel to England for work assignments or return to the UK having travelled abroad for work assignments is due to come into effect on Saturday. The News Media Association worked with Government...

Government will consider the impact on transparency, local democracy and local newspapers’ revenues “before any decisions are taken” about potential changes to the planning regime, Ministers have said.    The News Media Association has warned that proposals to remove...

Publishers can bid to employ Local Democracy Reporters in their newsroom as all contracts are put out for tender. The BBC has made it easier for smaller organisations to win contracts in the first of its planned retenders since the...

A weekly newspaper which was launched by Newsquest just three years ago is to become a daily paper in the New Year. The Oldham Times will become a six-days-a-week print title from January 2021, returning a daily newspaper to the...