Levelling the playing field between tech platforms and news publishers would help right the imbalance in the digital market, the editor of the Liverpool Echo, Maria Breslin, has said. Speaking at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee session at...

DRAFT - SUBJECT TO FINAL SIGN OFF  The Press Awards, the annual celebration of Britain’s best journalism, are set to return in 2023 with a flagship central London event. Dubbed the “Oscars of British journalism”, with a heritage spanning six decades,...

Speaking at an inquiry session on the sustainability of local journalism at Cardiff University School of Journalism, David Higgerson, chief audience officer, said online misinformation, often found on social media platforms, is “an existential threat” to journalism. Mr. Higgerson...

Irish News chairman Jim Fitzpatrick has died aged 92. Mr Fitzpatrick was born in Belfast in 1929, the son of James F Fitzpatrick, a prominent County Down solicitor, and Ann Boylan, a schoolteacher who hailed from Ballybay in Co Monaghan. By...

Applications are open for the NCTJ's Journalism Diversity Fund which supports aspiring journalists from diverse backgrounds through professional journalism training on NCTJ-accredited courses. Launched in 2005, the fund is now financially supported by 25 news media publishers...

Courts and tribunals may grant remote access to in-person and hybrid hearings after temporary measures introduced at the height of the pandemic were replaced by a permanent regime with ‘expanded powers’. Judges could allow the public to remotely observe cases...

The BBC’s massive digital presence presents a “serious challenge” to the ability of commercial publishers to commercialise their content in the online environment, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith has said. Speaking on The Media Show yesterday, Owen restated...

The News Media Association has strongly condemned the banning of Local Democracy Reporters from the Bristol mayor’s briefings as a “blunt assault on the principles of local democracy” and called for the journalists to be allowed access immediately. LDR Alex...

The News Media Association has welcomed stronger protections for freedom of speech contained within the Bill of Rights by introducing a stronger test for courts to consider before they can order journalists to disclose their sources.  Published this week, Ministry...