Two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar for reports on military crackdown kept from families and lawyers
Two Reuters journalists who have been arrested in their native Myanmar are being denied contact with their families or lawyers.…
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PA buys stake in London-based financial news service planning European expansion
The Press Association has become a shareholder in a London-based financial news service that plans to expand across Europe. PA…
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First for Reuters as former Iraq bureau chief scarred by deaths of colleagues takes on mental health advocacy role
A former Reuters bureau chief diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder has been appointed to a new mental health advocacy role…
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Former Press Association High Court correspondent Lionel Barlow turns 100 at home in Kent
Former Press Association journalist Lionel Barlow has celebrated his 100th birthday at home in Kent. Barlow began his career as…
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Sports news agency launches with focus on ‘off the wall news’
Sports journalist Charlie Golder has launched a new wire agency focused on “off-the-wall” sports news. Golder’s News and Sports stories…
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PA ‘transforming newsroom’ to offer web-ready multimedia and social-led content to customers
The Press Association (PA) is undergoing the biggest transformation in its 150-year history as it moves to a digital-first newsroom,…
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COMMENT: What I think about newspapers who go out of their way to avoid paying for agency stories
There’s a story, possibly apocryphal, about Jimmy Greaves who was getting increasingly frustrated with poor refereeing decisions and asked the…
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News agency SWNS launches new syndication platform it claims will ‘transform’ speed of content sharing
Independent news agency SWNS has launched a new content syndication platform with funding from Google which it says will finally…
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