News
Kazakhstan: Former independent editor sentenced to eight years in prison
Gulnara Bazhkenova has been sentenced to eight years in prison in Kazakhstan.
Press freedom/development
News
The NewsGuild-CWA files lawsuit
The USA lawsuit challenges visa restrictions, including those affecting journalists.
Industry Voice
Journalism is entering a defining decade
Technological upheaval, changing consumer behaviours and intense commercial pressures are threatening the future of journalism. Joanne Forbes, chief executive of the NCTJ, looks at the investment choices the industry faces.
News
NUJ supports bill to broaden scope of FOI laws
The NUJ last week backed legislative proposals to bring the King and the Royal Household under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act with the aim of promoting transparency and press freedom.
News
SoE calls for clear legal protections for journalists in bill
The Society of Editors calls for clear legal protections for journalists in UK state threats bill.
News
NUJ welcomes ICO agreement to protect journalists’ privacy
The Information Commissioner’s Office has agreed to withhold publishing the private addresses of freelance journalists upon request.
LECTURE
Journalism as resistance
On 9th March, Salvadoran journalist Carlos Dada delivered the 2026 Reuters Memorial Lecture. This is the transcript his talk.
News
WAN-IFRA Golden Pen of Freedom to be awarded
The 2026 WAN-IFRA Golden Pen of Freedom is to be awarded to the professional photo and video journalists of Gaza.
COLUMN
Press Freedom: a 25-year low
The latest Press Freedom Index makes for depressing reading. It needs to act as a call to arms.
News
RSF releases its 25th World Press Freedom Index
2026 RSF Index by region: press freedom in decline in 100 out of 180 countries.
News
NMA coordinates national SLAPPs Day Of Action with UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition
Local news organisations across the UK are today taking part in a coordinated Day of Action against abusive legal threats known as SLAPPs, led by the News Media Association in partnership with the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition.
News
SoE welcomes planned changes to Hillsborough Law
Plans by the government to scrap proposals that would have blocked the security services from coming under the terms of a new Hillsborough Law have been welcomed by the Society of Editors.
COLUMN
The first casualty of war is truth
On 28 February, Israel and the US attacked Iran. As in all wars, one of the early casualties was the truth.
News
NUJ condemns the killing of three journalists in Lebanon
The NUJ has joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in condemning the targeted killing of three Lebanese journalists in an Israeli drone strike on a media car in Jezzine, southern Lebanon.
News
Society criticises government plans to clampdown on FOI
The Society of Editors last week criticised government plans to clampdown on Freedom of Information requests, warning that any plans to restrict the legislation would be damaging to democracy.
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