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20.02.20

Lords’ Communications Committee Launches Inquiry into the Future of Journalism

The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee, has launched an Inquiry into the future of journalism in the UK. Launched one year after the publication of the Cairncross Review on the sustainability of UK journalism, the...

20.02.20

NMA Very Disappointed Future News Fund Bypasses Local Media Industry

The pilot Future News Fund has failed to include established local news media publishers as grant recipients following the announcement of the 19 successful projects. Run by NESTA and funded by the DCMS, the fund received 178 applicati...

20.02.20

Local News Partnership Welcomes First BAME Publications

The Eastern Eye and Asian Sunday have signed up to the News Media Assocation and BBC's Local News Partnership scheme, following the announcement in October that the scheme would be opened up to news platforms aimed at ethnic minority a...

20.02.20

Mitchinson: “Quality Journalism is Under Attack”

In an interview broadcast on The Media Show on BBC Radio Four yesterday, James Mitchinson, editor of The Yorkshire Post, touched on the acute problem faced by local newspapers, the importance of fact-checking in the age of misinformation, c...

20.02.20

Geraldine Allinson Joins IPSO Appointments Panel

Geraldine Allinson, Iliffe Media director and former executive chairman of the KM Media Group has joined the IPSO Appointments Panel. The Appointments Panel’s role is to appoint IPSO’s Chairman and Board and the indepe...