The Cabinet Office has rejected the recommendations of the Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC), which called in its report of April 2022 for greater transparency over the Cabinet Office's handling of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. In...

The Press Awards, the annual celebration of Britain’s best journalism, are set to return in 2023 with a flagship central London event. Dubbed the “Oscars of British journalism”, with a heritage spanning six decades, The Press Awards recognise excellence across...

News Media Europe and the Centre for Law and Democracy have launched a guide with concrete recommendations for journalists and editors on how to capture information about international crimes so that it may be admitted as evidence in court. The...

Levelling the playing field between tech platforms and news publishers would help right the imbalance in the digital market, the editor of the Liverpool Echo, Maria Breslin, has said. Speaking at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee session at...

DRAFT - SUBJECT TO FINAL SIGN OFF  The Press Awards, the annual celebration of Britain’s best journalism, are set to return in 2023 with a flagship central London event. Dubbed the “Oscars of British journalism”, with a heritage spanning six decades,...

Speaking at an inquiry session on the sustainability of local journalism at Cardiff University School of Journalism, David Higgerson, chief audience officer, said online misinformation, often found on social media platforms, is “an existential threat” to journalism. Mr. Higgerson...

Applications are open for the NCTJ's Journalism Diversity Fund which supports aspiring journalists from diverse backgrounds through professional journalism training on NCTJ-accredited courses. Launched in 2005, the fund is now financially supported by 25 news media publishers...

Irish News chairman Jim Fitzpatrick has died aged 92. Mr Fitzpatrick was born in Belfast in 1929, the son of James F Fitzpatrick, a prominent County Down solicitor, and Ann Boylan, a schoolteacher who hailed from Ballybay in Co Monaghan. By...

Courts and tribunals may grant remote access to in-person and hybrid hearings after temporary measures introduced at the height of the pandemic were replaced by a permanent regime with ‘expanded powers’. Judges could allow the public to remotely observe cases...