Radical reforms needed for Welsh press
Ministers in Wales have been called on to make public interest news a public service and for a Welsh Media Institute to promote a well-funded, plural and diverse media.
NUJ BBC Strike - 16 March
More images and solidarity messages from the NUJ strike to #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal
NUJ welcomes MPs’ call for Journalism Fund
The quality and coverage of local news will continue to decline, damaging democracy, without new support from the government, a cross-party committee of MPs has reported.
Blue day for Cambridge and Oxford local TV
Today (December 16, 2022) is the last day the Cambridge-based Look East and Oxford-based BBC South Today will be broadcast, despite widespread opposition from MPs, councillors and local people.
Threat to diversity threatens community life
The head of the influential Diversity Europe Group has warned that threats to local media are a threat to community life in Ireland.
NUJ welcomes Scottish government’s commitment to a public interest news institute
The union said Scotland desperately needed an organisation to champion public interest news, but it needed start-up funding from the government.
Tribute to George Makin
George Makin, the “old school” Black Country Local Democracy Reporter and dedicated NUJ member, has sadly died.
DM2021: Future of the Media
Campaigns to support local journalism, a review of newspaper business models, Local Democracy Reporters and support for academic publishers
Journalists' unions unite with plan to save journalism from the tech giant bullies
The National Union of Journalists in the UK and Ireland has joined unions representing tens of thousands of media workers in Australia, Canada and the US in presenting a plan to save journalism from the greedy and anti-democratic tech platforms, which are sucking the lifeblood from the industry.
How to fund the desire for quality Welsh news
Michelle Stanistreet, actor Michael Sheen, minister Lee Waters, ITV Cymru Wales' Louise Elliott and Nation.Cymru editor Ifan Morgan Jones discuss a News Recovery plan for Wales.
