Speaking to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Martin Rosebaum, former BBC political journalist and FOI specialist, George Greenwood, data journalist at the Times and Jenna Corderoy, FOI specialist journalist at OpenDemocracy, spoke of the challenges they face...

The Government currently has no plans to change the statutory duty on local authorities to advertise public notices in local papers, a Minister in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has said. Responding to a written question from...

Time is running out for some local publishers unless Government goes further, faster to correct the imbalance between the tech platforms and news publishers, News Media Association chairman Henry Faure Walker will say in a piece for Journalism Matters. In...

Alessandra Bellini, chief customer officer and executive sponsor for D&I at Tesco, is now the Advertising Association’s new president, succeeding Keith Weed. Bellini will work to guide the strategic direction of the Advertising Association in promoting “the role and rights...

Responding to the Prime Minister's announcement today that the Online Safety Bill will have a second reading before Christmas, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said:  “This is vitally important legislation and there is an understandable desire for...

The Making a Difference public vote for the best local and national news media campaigns of the past year is set to go live at the start of the News Media Association’s Journalism Matters weeklong campaign on 1 November.   Campaigns...

Ad Net Zero has announced its official programme for its global summit to mark the first anniversary of the Advertising Association IPA and ISBA’s initiative to bring the ad operations to net zero by end 2030. National news brands have...

Brands are seeing a significant boost to their bottom line from investing in news brands, a new study reveals. Since 2017, brands have benefitted from an additional £268 million profit return on investment by optimising their ad spend in news...

Reach has announced the appointment of Dr Rebecca Whittington in its newly created online safety editor role, a first in the industry.  Dr Whittington started out as an online and video journalist and editor for regional newspapers, eventually working as...