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The union attended Reach plc’s Annual General Meeting yesterday (6 May) and urged shareholders to support investment in quality journalism and oppose further cuts, warning that the company’s digital strategy depends on a properly resourced workforce.

The year of unprecedented job cuts, development of AI and the “strains and stress” for Reach journalists of trying to produce quality journalism were the members’ top issues.

Journalists at STV began their second day of strike action over pay on Wednesday 1 May.

Reach, the UK’s biggest regional newspaper publisher and owner of the Mirror and Express, blamed Meta for a slump in digital revenues as the social platform changed the way it displays news.

The union attended Reach plc’s Annual General Meeting yesterday (6 May) and urged shareholders to support investment in quality journalism and oppose further cuts, warning that the company’s digital strategy depends on a properly resourced workforce.

The year of unprecedented job cuts, development of AI and the “strains and stress” for Reach journalists of trying to produce quality journalism were the members’ top issues.

Journalists at STV began their second day of strike action over pay on Wednesday 1 May.

Reach, the UK’s biggest regional newspaper publisher and owner of the Mirror and Express, blamed Meta for a slump in digital revenues as the social platform changed the way it displays news.