The UK regional news industry generated 3,500 stories in a single week based on the work of Local Democracy Reporters. In the first survey of its kind registered partners of the BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporting Service were asked to record...

The director of BBC England paid tribute to the “power of local reporting” at the inaugural Local Democracy Reporting Service conference and awards yesterday.  In a speech to 180 journalists, she said the scheme was now seen as a success...

A new conference to highlight the best local public interest journalism produced by Local Democracy Reporters since the launch of the Local News Partnership will be held in Salford next Tuesday.  The BBC, working with local publishers and the News Media...

A new awards scheme to highlight the best local public interest journalism produced by Local Democracy Reporters since the launch of the Local News Partnership has been launched.  The BBC, working with local publishers and the News Media Association, is to...

Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has urged the Competition and Markets Authority to launch an investigation into the digital advertising market following the publication of the Cairncross Review which made a series of detailed recommendations on how to support quality...

The Local News Partnership is adding “huge value to democracy” should be expanded to further increase the additional output of quality local public journalism, the Culture Secretary told publishers and parliamentarians yesterday. Jeremy Wright was speaking at a parliamentary...

The Local News Partnership between the News Media Association and the BBC is generating significant levels of local public interest journalism which is influencing public policy and holding authority to account, the scheme’s first annual review has found. The BBC...

Tony Hall has said the intimidation and violence directed at journalists across the globe is “utterly shameful” and called on the industry to stand together to defend and champion its vital role in society.    Speaking at News Xchange 2018...

The BBC is directly challenging core tabloid journalism by taking away  online traffic from commercial news providers and must be held to account, David Dinsmore has said. Speaking at Press Gazette’s Digital Journalism Summit, Mr Dinsmore said the BBC had...