Lawyers at last week’s Anti-SLAPP conference, coordinated by the Justice for Journalists Foundation and the Foreign Policy Centre, have criticised the ‘SLAPP industry’ in London’s legal sector and courts. Strategic lawsuits against public participation (or SLAPPs) involve...

The Community News Project will create up to 100 community reporter roles, as the project will receive new funding. Meta (formerly Facebook) will make an $8 million donation (around £5.9 million) to the NCTJ to continue the scheme for a...

The Local News Partnership should be expanded to increase the partnership’s output of local public interest journalism which has delivered so much value for communities across the UK, the News Media Association has said. Speaking at the annual Local Democracy...

The Local News Partnership should be expanded to increase the partnership’s output of local public interest journalism which has delivered so much value for communities across the UK, the News Media Association said today. Speaking at an event in MediaCity...

The surge in audiences for local media seen in the latest data from JICREG Life is Local an presents unprecedented opportunity for brands to start a much deeper and more engaged conversation with their audiences, JICREG chief executive Keith...

Nadine Dorries has highlighted the enormous public value created by Local News Partnership while reminding MPs of local news sector campaigns against previous attempts by the BBC to aggressively launch licence fee-funded local news services into local communities. In evidence...

Agencies have named Mail Metro Media as the best media owner to work in the IPA digital media owners autumn 2021 Survey. Mail Metro had been the best crossover media owner in the spring 2021 survey. The survey shows 84...

Victoria Svanberg, chairman of Swedish publishing group NWT Media, is the new president of News Media Europe. Ms Svanberg takes over from Fernando de Yarza, who presided over the association for six years. Victoria Svanberg said: “As President of News...

A new report looking at how the British press is reporting on the pandemic demonstrates the essential role of accountable news, chairman of IPSO Lord Faulks QC has said. IPSO’s The Covid Report examines trends in press complaints, highlights key...