One in five people actively avoiding Covid-19 news during lockdown, survey finds
The proportion of people in the UK actively avoiding the news has risen during lockdown, according to surveys carried out…
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‘Lifeline’ for 600 BBC PAYE freelances as broadcaster offers new Covid-19 financial support
About 600 freelances who regularly work for the BBC on PAYE contracts are to “finally” be offered financial support to…
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How the pandemic is being used by some as an excuse to clamp down on press freedom
The coronavirus crisis is a human rights crisis – and an opportunity for governments to intensify their attacks on press…
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Mail titles return to profit in June after seeing 45% drop in ad revenue during lockdown
The Mail titles returned to profit in June but saw revenue down 30% in the second quarter of the year.…
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MPs say tech giants have ‘failed to tackle’ Covid-19 infodemic and Government must regulate them now
A group of MPs is calling on the UK Government to immediately launch a new body to regulate social media…
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Coronavirus Journalism Excellence part two: Best journalism of pandemic revealed
As the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world, journalists also swung into action to cover the biggest story of their lives.…
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More than three-quarters of Press Gazette readers now see coronavirus as an extremely serious or major threat to the news…
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Trainee schemes postponed as pandemic disrupts routes into journalism
The Covid-19 crisis has taken its toll on newspaper circulations and revenues, but it has also disrupted routes into journalism…
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