European Commission backs state funding for news agencies after complaint against AFP
The European Commission has ruled that the French news agency AFP can continue to receive tens of millions of euros…
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Investigative site Exaro News among nominations for Orwell Prize political journalism award
Investigative journalism website Exaro News has secured a nomination for this year's Orwell Prize for political writing for the first…
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CPJ warns of increased safety risk for Afghanistan reporters after AFP journalist killed
Journalists in Afghanistan face increasing danger as the country's elections approach, the Committee to Protect Journalists has warned – after…
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Photo agency NewsPics wound up after failed copyright claim against investigative journalism site Exaro
Picture agency NewsPics is to be wound up after being hit with a five-figure legal bill from a failed attempt…
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Ofcom accused of ‘losing their nerve’ as plan for Local TV channel serving 16,000 homes in Wales scrapped
The head of Liverpool-based news agency Mercury Press has accused Ofcom of "losing their nerve" after the regulator rejected a…
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‘A determined optimist’: Ferrari Press Agency’s Geoff Garvey dies at 70
Geoff Garvey, the freelance journalist who ran the Ferrari Press Agency for 30 years, has died aged 70. Geoff, who…
ByPress Association editor Jonathan Grun made freeman of the City of London
Press Association editor Jonathan Grun has been made a freeman of the City of London and as a result is…
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Ireland editor Deric Henderson retires from PA after 45 years in journalism
A journalist who has reported on Northern Ireland since the outbreak of the Troubles in August 1968 is retiring after…
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