News
Owen Meredith starts as NMA CEO
Owen Meredith has started as News Media Association chief executive with a pledge to work with Government and regulators to ensure a sustainable future for independent journalism.
Industry regulation
News
NMA: Ban on paid-for HFSS advertising online will harm news media
The Government's ban on paid-for HFSS advertising online is a draconian measure which will harm news media publishers instead of the tackling the problem of childhood obesity, the NMA has said.
News
Legal guidance on online abuse for journalists published
New guidance commissioned by the Media Lawyers’ Association (MLA) has been published to help journalists understand the law, and help them recognise abuse that may be illegal.
News
Raab Condemns Forced Closure of Hong Kong Newspaper
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has condemned the forced closure of a Hong Kong newspaper describing the move as “a chilling blow to freedom of expression.”
News
Draft Online Safety Bill published
New internet laws were published last week in the draft Online Safety Bill to protect children online and tackle some of the worst abuses on social media, including racist hate crimes.
News
Government Publishes First Ever National Action Plan To Protect Journalists
The Government has published the UK’s first national action plan to protect journalists from abuse and harassment.
COMMENT
Not all good, not all bad
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey sent shockwaves through the Royal Family and also the British press.
News
Facebook to unblock news in Australia
Facebook is to lift its ban on news content in Australia after reaching a deal over changes to the proposed new laws to force the digital giants to pay for content.
News
SoE calls for clarity of Scottish Hate Crimes free speech safeguards
The Society of Editors has called for clarity from the Scottish Government on its plans to protect freedom of expression under its proposed new Hate Crimes legislation.
News
IPSO appoints Naik and Machray
Press regulator IPSO has announced the appointment of international human rights consultant Asmita Naik and former Liverpool Echo Editor Alastair Machray to its lay-majority Complaints Committee.
News
NMA appoints Owen Meredith as next Chief Executive
The News Media Association, the trade association for the UK’s local and national news media industry, has announced the appointment of Owen Meredith as its next Chief Executive.
News
Society joins call to investigate FoI ‘clearing house’
The Society of Editors has added its name to an open letter calling on the government to investigate allegations that Freedom of Information requests are being filtered through a ‘clearing house’ operation.
News
Alison Phillips takes over as WIJ chair
Alison Phillips, the new chair of Woman in Journalism, has vowed that the campaigning organisation, will be “a noisy advocate for trusted journalism” in an epidemic of fake news.
FEATURE
Trump’s media legacy
Most publishers will be relieved to have seen Donald Trump depart the White House, but, asks Dickon Ross, should they be?
FEATURE
Journalism: the good, the bad and the abusive
Samantha Harman stepped down as editor of the Oxford Mail at the end of last year. Here, she reflects on her fifteen years in the newsroom.
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