{"id":3898,"date":"2020-10-07T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T09:39:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T08:39:56","slug":"sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Sturgeon: Newspapers Are An Important Part Of Economic Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Journalism is an essential part of the country’s response to the coronavirus crisis because it holds the decision-makers to account and communicates vital factual information to the public, Nicola Sturgeon said today. <\/p>\n

In an op ed for Journalism Matters<\/a>, the First Minister of Scotland said newspapers were an important part of the economic recovery from the impact of the virus providing a vital platform for businesses. <\/p>\n

Ms Sturgeon said: “I am a firm believer that a free and fearless press is essential to hold those in power to account.<\/p>\n

“The relationship between journalists and politicians is one that has tension at its heart.<\/p>\n

“But it is a healthy tension, which can be productive and positive. Journalists are in the position to pose the questions that the public want to ask – and it is our duty as politicians to answer them as honestly and fairly as we can.<\/p>\n

“Indeed, newspapers often don’t make life easy for politicians: but I absolutely recognise that it is not their job to do so.<\/p>\n

“It is the role of journalists to ask those hard questions and, in doing so, provide a foundation for the democratic and open society in which we live.<\/p>\n

“Of course we are not living in normal times. The COVID-19 pandemic means we are living in an unprecedented period. <\/p>\n

“At the regular COVID-19 media briefings, I take questions from 15 to 20 media outlets every day, encompassing broadcast, print and online, with several of them covering news for their town, city or locality.<\/p>\n

“I am keenly aware of how important it is that the questions receive the answers they deserve, because journalism is an essential part of the country’s response to COVID: not only by asking those hard questions, but also in communicating vital factual information to the public.<\/p>\n

“Newspapers’ daily and weekly print stories that explain Government thinking and the latest response to the pandemic – but also relay the guidance and advice that can help protect its readers from this potentially deadly virus.<\/p>\n

“In such a febrile and ever-changing situation, trusted and responsible journalism is as important as it has ever been.<\/p>\n

“Newspapers also are an important part of the economic recovery from the impact of the virus. They can provide a vital platform, through their advertising, to businesses, in particular small and medium enterprises.<\/p>\n

“So if, as I do, you value and truly believe in the enormous value of our democracy then you will join me in giving your support to newspapers during this year’s Journalism Matters campaign.<\/p>\n

“Without highly trusted local journalism produced by newspapers, democracy itself would be undermined.<\/p>\n

“Journalism Matters is a celebration of our newspapers and I am pleased to give it my full support.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Journalism is an essential part of the country’s response to the coronavirus crisis because it holds the decision-makers to account and communicates vital factual information to the public, Nicola Sturgeon said today. 
\nIn an op ed for Journalism Matters, the First Minister…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSturgeon: Newspapers Are An Important Part Of Economic Recovery - News Media Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sturgeon: Newspapers Are An Important Part Of Economic Recovery - News Media Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Journalism is an essential part of the country’s response to the coronavirus crisis because it holds the decision-makers to account and communicates vital factual information to the public, Nicola Sturgeon said today.  In an op ed for Journalism Matters, the First Minister...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News Media Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-07T09:16:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-03T08:39:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nicola_Sturgeon.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"810\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"539\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"dev@remarkablegroup.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"dev@remarkablegroup.co.uk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"dev@remarkablegroup.co.uk\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/69b856f18ffb18c2802a80d49b1d1628\"},\"headline\":\"Sturgeon: Newspapers Are An Important Part Of Economic Recovery\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-07T09:16:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-03T08:39:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/\"},\"wordCount\":473,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nicola_Sturgeon.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/\",\"name\":\"Sturgeon: Newspapers Are An Important Part Of Economic Recovery - News Media Association\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nicola_Sturgeon.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-07T09:16:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-03T08:39:56+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nicola_Sturgeon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nicola_Sturgeon.jpg\",\"width\":810,\"height\":539},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sturgeon: Newspapers Are An Important Part Of Economic Recovery\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/\",\"name\":\"News Media Association\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"News Media Association\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nma-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nma-logo.svg\",\"width\":236,\"height\":79,\"caption\":\"News Media Association\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/69b856f18ffb18c2802a80d49b1d1628\",\"name\":\"dev@remarkablegroup.co.uk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eab4a5eeabd30750e0758dc235d8ede889848f2c801003e281079715726d9de1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eab4a5eeabd30750e0758dc235d8ede889848f2c801003e281079715726d9de1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"dev@remarkablegroup.co.uk\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/author\/devremarkablegroup-co-uk\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sturgeon: Newspapers Are An Important Part Of Economic Recovery - News Media Association","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sturgeon: Newspapers Are An Important Part Of Economic Recovery - News Media Association","og_description":"Journalism is an essential part of the country’s response to the coronavirus crisis because it holds the decision-makers to account and communicates vital factual information to the public, Nicola Sturgeon said today.  In an op ed for Journalism Matters, the First Minister...","og_url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/","og_site_name":"News Media Association","article_published_time":"2020-10-07T09:16:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-03T08:39:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":810,"height":539,"url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nicola_Sturgeon.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"dev@remarkablegroup.co.uk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"dev@remarkablegroup.co.uk","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/"},"author":{"name":"dev@remarkablegroup.co.uk","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/69b856f18ffb18c2802a80d49b1d1628"},"headline":"Sturgeon: Newspapers Are An Important Part Of Economic Recovery","datePublished":"2020-10-07T09:16:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-03T08:39:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/"},"wordCount":473,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nicola_Sturgeon.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/","name":"Sturgeon: Newspapers Are An Important Part Of Economic Recovery - News Media Association","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nicola_Sturgeon.jpg","datePublished":"2020-10-07T09:16:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-03T08:39:56+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nicola_Sturgeon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nicola_Sturgeon.jpg","width":810,"height":539},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/sturgeon-newspapers-are-an-important-part-of-economic-recovery\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sturgeon: Newspapers Are An Important Part Of Economic Recovery"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/","name":"News Media Association","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization","name":"News Media Association","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nma-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nma-logo.svg","width":236,"height":79,"caption":"News Media Association"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/69b856f18ffb18c2802a80d49b1d1628","name":"dev@remarkablegroup.co.uk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eab4a5eeabd30750e0758dc235d8ede889848f2c801003e281079715726d9de1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eab4a5eeabd30750e0758dc235d8ede889848f2c801003e281079715726d9de1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"dev@remarkablegroup.co.uk"},"url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/author\/devremarkablegroup-co-uk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14004,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions\/14004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}