Local media published powerful stories in 2021, from the Barnsley Chronicle's long-running coverage of Jacqueline Wileman's family's campaign to secure a law change on imposing longer sentences for dangerous driving, to the Manchester Evening New's front page on HS2 outrage. These...

OmniGov, the media agency which has delivered the ‘All Together’ campaign in national and local titles through the pandemic, has been retained as the Government’s media buyer following a procurement process. The agency’s chief executive Paul Knight, who recently called...

LOCALiQ has announced the launch of cross media optimisation, a new proprietary goal-based ad technology solution that automatically optimises clients’ advertising campaigns to increase performance in real time across major digital ad platforms. Cross media optimisation’s...

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...

Online audiences for local news media have surged by 17.9 per cent over the past year as more people than ever before seek out trusted local journalism to help them navigate the coronavirus pandemic, new audience data has shown. Launched...

Newsquest has launched a diversity and inclusion committee made up of individuals whose experience and expertise will ensure that a wide range of perspectives be brought to bear on advancing diversity and inclusion in Newsquest, the publisher has announced. The committee...

StokeonTrent Live successfully applied for reporting restrictions to be lifted to name a 17-year-old who attacked a man with a machete in a terrifying street mugging. The teenager, who was only 16 at the time of the robbery, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years...

StokeonTrentLive and the Sentinel have launched the Harper-Lee’s Law campaign following the death of a toddler who swallowed a battery button. Knowing the child’s mum wanted to bring about some meaningful change in her daughter’s memory, Stoke journalists contacted her...

The local media sector is hiring hundreds of journalists and commercial staff as Reach announced this week that it is currently recruiting for 76 new roles across its national and regional sport network. The news follows Newsquest's announcement of a major...