Judges highlighted the power of local media for national advertisers during the Local Media Works Awards judging session which was held at the News Media Association’s offices London offices yesterday.   Judges scrutinised entries from media agencies who were challenged with...

The Barnsley Chronicle has won the right to name a police officer charged with drink driving after successfully challenging attempts to keep the court case behind closed doors. PC Nichola Garbett, of Penistone in Barnsley, has pleaded not guilty to a...

A veteran war correspondent who has reported on conflicts across the globe has called on MEPs to support the publisher’s right to prevent funding for high quality public interest journalism being siphoned off by the tech platforms. In a hard-hitting...

Dropping traditional media such as printed newspapers in favour of digital pureplay is wrong and ignores the growing body evidence that using traditional media has clear business benefits, PwC's Neil Duncan has said. In a piece for Mediatel this week,...

An acclaimed regional press journalist who was singled out for praise by Jeremy Corbyn has warned of the profound dangers for local journalism of the draconian press regulation regime advocated by the Labour leader. Writing for The Spectator in response...

A major part of Google’s large-scale data collection occurs while the user is not directly engaged with any of its products through a variety of techniques that “may not be easily graspable by a general user,” a new study...

The reform of the courts should “enhance and increase” openness and strengthen the principle of open justice, the chief executive of HM Courts and Tribunal Service has said in a letter to the News Media Association.   HMCTS wrote to the NMA...

Editors have pointed to the continued endurance of print and the desire for the “breadth, depth and expertise” of long-form journalism published by newspapers in response to relentless flow of “facile and flippant, free” information through social networks. Speaking on...

The News Media Association is seeking assurances that the supply of newsprint into the UK which is vital for the production of national and local newspapers will not be disrupted after the UK leaves the European Union. In a letter...