Yes, that’s right – we’re starting the New Year on a positive note. The newspaper industry (or at least certain sections of the newspaper industry) are in rude health and are looking forward to real ...

Cardiff University’s Centre from Community Journalism has set up a new organisation to represent the 500+ hyperlocal news publishers across the UK to bid for a share of state support. The organisation hopes to help ...

Love her or loathe her, and there really is no centre ground here, there is little doubt that former Apprentice star turned tabloid columnist and social media stocker Katie Hopkins is a big draw for ...

The way we consume media has changed dramatically over the past few years. Inky fingers and time-scheduled TV slots have been consigned to history. So why have the advertising formats that support publishers and broadcasters ...

A crowdfunding campaign has raised more than £43,000 for journalists left jobless after music magazine publisher Team Rock fell into administration. According to media reports, 73 staff were sent home with no pay days before ...

In a media landscape dominated by publishers which lean to the right, you’d be forgiven for thinking that perhaps more liberal and left-wing publications are a dying breed. Jason Cawley, editor at The New Statesman, will ...

With the current state of the print news market and, in particular, the downward spiral suffered by many local and regional publishers, you’d think the role of the journalist was in decline. You’d be wrong. ...

Journalists at Buzzfeed are in the process of forming a Union Chapel with around 80 editorial staff in their London office asking for representation under the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). While the NUJ insist that ...

In a move described by The National Union of Journalists as “an insult”, Newsquest has invited readers to write and submit their own news stories for publication in a number of South London titles. The invitation, ...

Paul Zwillenberg, the new chief executive of The Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) has told city analysts that The Daily Mail could be sold if the price was right. Zwillenberg said: “There are no sacred ...

What does it mean to be local? Well, there are certain things that bring a community together. You probably drink in the local pub, shop on the local high street, read your local newspaper and ...

Fake news stories on the internet have hit the headlines in recent weeks – especially since the US election. Facebook reaches 1.8 billion people around the world, and the company is one of the largest distributors ...

Despite Mark Zuckerberg previously claiming fake news distributed via Facebook was a tiny problem the social network has reportedly created a task force to tackle the problem. The social network will also be following Google’s lead ...

In news that is sure to make The Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katherine Viner’s blood boil, Facebook has recently launched a new e-learning course designed to help journalists make better use of the Facebook platform. The resources currently ...

With football often dominating the back pages of the UK press, it’s easy for smaller (but nonetheless popular) sports clubs to feel slightly disenfranchised by the media. But as the commercial pressures of running a ...

The Independent has made its first profit in 23 years after abandoning print and focusing 100% on digital channels. The Independent’s owner, Evgeny Lebedeb told journalists: “By going online-only we freed ourselves from the unwieldy infrastructure ...

Trinity Mirror has announced it will close three local freesheets in Milton Keynes, Luton and Northampton in what is being described as an ongoing purge of Local World titles.  According to the National Union of Journalists, ...

Trinity Mirror has announced it will close three local freesheets in Milton Keynes, Luton and Northamptom in what is being described as an ongoing purge of Local World titles. According to the National Union of Journalists, ...

There is little doubt that journalism, as a career, is undergoing more than a little disruption at the hands of technology. The recent news that Press Association are about to start employing robot reporters will do ...

There is a lot of excitement amongst journalists and publishers about the opportunity of hyper-local newspapers and websites but is this sudden lurch to small news sustainable? The publishing trade press, desperate for a good ...