Ofcom is to examine whether the BBC’s online content is sufficiently distinct from newspapers as part of a review into the corporation’s news and current affairs output, the regulator announced this week. Announcing the terms of reference for the review,...

The principles of open justice must not be curtailed by any new reporting restrictions designed to prevent criminal trials being affected by social media usage, the News Media Association has said. The Attorney General’s Office’s response to its call for...

The Government has rejected a bid to make it unlawful for the identity of an arrested person to be published before they were charged with an offence, saying the existing arrangements “strike a sensible balance.”   Speaking this week in a...

Media leaders including News Media Association chairman David Dinsmore have called on advertisers to interrogate their online ad spend to make certain they are not inadvertently funding terror through the tech platforms. Speaking alongside Mr Dinsmore in a panel session...

Young journalists across the UK have until tomorrow to enter the new The Cathryn Nicoll Award, set up by the News Media Association and part of the Society of Editors Regional Press Awards, for a chance to win a...

The European Parliament’s JURI committee have voted in favour of achieving a copyright regime that is fit for the digital age when MEPs gave their backing to the Publisher’s Right. Publishers welcomed the outcome of the vote this week when...

The Secretary-General of the United Nations has described attacks on journalists as “outrageous” and called for Governments across the world to take action to protect media workers. In a speech in Geneva, UN Secretary-General António Guterres described in detail the...

The Barnsley Chronicle has successfully argued in court that police officers accused of criminal offences should not be protected in the press just like every other member of the public. Chief reporter Josh Timlin was asked to address Judge Geoffrey...

The deadline for the Society of Editors Regional Press Awards – including the News Media Association’s new award for young journalists – is on Tuesday. This year’s awards, recognising editorial excellence during 2018, include several new categories looking to reward...