New research: Some 198 UK local newspapers have closed since 2005
Some 46 local and regional newspapers have closed since the beginning of 2015. This compares with the launch of 29 newspapers, making a net loss of 17.…
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The Memo to expand to US after £280,000 cash boost
London-based news website The Memo is set to expand to New York after securing £280,000 in funding from investors. The…
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British journalist John Cantlie looks ‘pale and emaciated’ in latest Islamic State propaganda video
A new video by Islamic State (IS) involving a British journalist who was kidnapped over four years ago suggests…
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Reporters Without Borders urges Boris Johnson to call for journalist’s release during Saudi Arabia visit
Boris Johnson has been urged to raise the case of a journalist jailed for insulting Islam with the Saudi…
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Record 84,000 journalists in the UK in 2016 according to Labour Force Survey (up 20,000 in a year)
The number of people who describe themselves as journalists or newspaper and periodical editors in the UK has increased…
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Times journalist Jerome Starkey detained at Nairobi airport
Africa Correspondent for The Times, Jerome Starkey, has been detained at Nairobi airport, Kenya. Starkey was arrested on Thursday evening and…
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Women journalists are paid 7.2 per cent less than men overall, government figures show
Women journalists are paid 7.2 per cent less than men who hold similar positions, according to new figures from…
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Time launches television production arm taking content from its ‘real-life’ magazines
Time UK has launched a television production arm that it says will create “quality factual programming for major UK…
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Rachel Sylvester of The Times ‘thrilled to be vindicated’ at British Journalism Awards after Leadsom ‘gutter journalism’ jibe
Rachel Sylvester of The Times, who won the Political Journalism prize at this week’s British Journalism Awards feels vindicated after…
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