The News Media Association has been shortlisted for The Public Affairs Awards 2016 for the news media industry’s successful campaign against restrictions to the Freedom of Information Act. The NMA is one of six organisations shortlisted for the trade body...

News media publishers which invest in quality journalism are the antidote to the “fake news” distributed on digital platforms such as Google and Facebook which critics claim could have influenced the outcome of the US presidential election. Campaign reported this...

MPs have cast a decisive vote for press freedom this week by throwing out amendments to the Investigatory Powers Bill which would have introduced crippling costs sanctions for local and national newspapers. The Lords amendments to the Bill were rejected...

Prime Minister Theresa May has again spoken of the importance of press freedom to a democratic society. During Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday, Mrs May responded to a question about the Government’s role in defending the independence of the judiciary. She said:...

The official ABC figures for October 2016 show that the UK national newspaper market enjoyed a 20 per cent year-on-year uplift across digital platforms, according to analysis from Newsworks. In the month ahead of the US presidential election, while Brexit...

The News Media Association is joining the Campaign for Freedom of Information and the Society of Editors in urging the Government not to resurrect proposals to weaken the rights to appeal decisions to block the release of information under...

Regional newspapers have covered the shock election of Donald Trump as United States president by exploring the consequences for the UK. Front pages courtesy of NLA media access. 

The News Media Association has welcomed the Government’s strong commitment to open justice and offered to work with the Government as it seeks to reform the justice system by using technology to make processes more efficient. Responding to a consultation paper...

Lord Pannick QC has written an impassioned defence of press freedom in which he voices his opposition to costs sanctions which would see newspapers forced to pay the costs of claimants even if they were unsuccessful in libel or...