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Tributes are being made to the highly respected and popular political broadcast journalist.

Members of the Senedd have been urged by the National Union of Journalists to scrap a clause in the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill which would push the newspaper industry, already on the brink of collapse, over the edge.

MPs' report recommends guarantees of free-to-air rugby and safeguarding of the Welsh language across television and radio. The WEC's statement in response.

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.

Protection of sources, Freedom of Information and media plurality all featured in the media freedom debate.

Initiatives promoting public interest journalism and broadcasting were discussed and Siobhan Holliman moved a motion on the Future of Media Commission.

Following consultation, the Welsh Executive Council found no support for going further than current policy on devolution of the media.

The effects of Covid and cost-of-living crisis on the news industry in Wales

The union's Welsh Executive Council calls for a urgent review into Newsquest's funding for the Welsh-language news service which is now closed.