The News Media Association has condemned local authority secrecy as examples of public institutions avoiding scrutiny and blocking legitimate local newspaper activities such as attending council meetings emerge across the UK. Recent examples include councils refusing to respond to journalistic...

Local media publishers are running the from Local Media Works video highlighting the power of local media for readers and advertisers alike. The video, which is available for LMW members to embed on their websites, highlights key industry stats as...

The shortlist for the 2018 News Media Association’s Royal Rota photography competition is published today after thousands of votes were cast in a public online poll to find the best royal photography in the news media industry. An online weeklong...

Advice on a range of editorial and commercial topics such as data protection, copyright, and the courts and criminal justice system are available for members on the News Media Association website. The legal resources section hosts briefing papers on a range...

Sweeping new stop and search powers contained within the draft counter terrorism regime pose a direct threat to journalists’ ability to protect anonymous sources, the News Media Association has warned.   Ahead of a debate in the Lords on the Counter-Terrorism...

The News Media Association has welcomed the EU’s decision today to allow European Member States to apply lower VAT rates to e-publications such as electronic books, newspapers and periodicals. In the UK, newspapers, journals and magazines in print are zero-rated for...

Print is more relevant than ever because of the  high levels of trust placed in it by users, in stark contrast to digital media, and its unique ability to communicate in different cognitive modes, BBH London strategy partner Richard...

Without action now to allow news media journalism to survive and prosper we risk creating a world in which we are unable to discern fact from fiction, as the tech giants recycle ever-increasing swathes of fake news and harmful...

Thousands of votes have been cast in the News Media Association’s annual competition to find the best of the news media industry’s royal photography. This week’s online public vote to whittle down the 48 entries from national and local newspapers,...