The News Media Association has supported proposals to introduce a new emergency visa for journalists at risk as reporters covering the escalating Ukraine conflict face increasing threats to their safety. The proposals were first put forward by the High Level...

The UK Government announced yesterday new funding for a new secretariat to help advance the work of the Media Freedom Coalition. The UK has now committed up to £600,000 and Thomson Reuters Foundation will now provide administrative support to the...

The European Commission published an open public consultation on the upcoming European Media Freedom Act this week. Vice President for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová said: “Media are a pillar of democracy. But today this pillar is cracking, with attempts...

The number of journalists jailed around the world set another record in 2021, as repressive regimes crack down on the independent press, a new report from the Committee to Protect Journalists has warned. The CPJ’s 2021 prison census found that the...

Journalism Matters, the news media sector’s campaign to highlight the importance of trusted journalism, launched this week with a public call by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries MP to back “our world-renowned news industry” by buying newspapers or going on...

Reach has announced the appointment of Dr Rebecca Whittington in its newly created online safety editor role, a first in the industry.  Dr Whittington started out as an online and video journalist and editor for regional newspapers, eventually working as...

Two weeks remain until the Journalism Matters, the news media industry’s annual campaign to highlight the importance of trusted journalism, kicks off. The annual weeklong campaign, which is coordinated by the News Media Association, sees local, regional and national news...

Journalism Matters, the news media industry’s annual campaign to highlight the importance of trusted journalism, will run from 1-7 November this year. Coordinated by the News Media Association, the weeklong campaign received unprecedented support in 2020 with high profile figures...

A new law will be introduced in Europe to crack down on threats to media freedom which must be stopped in order to promote and protect transparency, European Commission President von der Leyen has said.  In recent years, journalists have...