If you are a talented journalist aged under 30, entries for the MHP Group 30 to Watch awards close today. Ten categories and these awards are FREE to enter, so it is well worth your time applying! (Press Gazette is a commercial partner for this event) mhpgroup.com/30-to-watch/jo…

I've taken a big look at neurodiversity in the media and it turns out there is quite a lot of neurodivergent folks in journalism in particular. ADHDers and autists have profound challenges, but also particular strengths pressgazette.co.uk/diversity/auti…

Things which only headline writers say #journalese 'fears mount'

Amazing that a Prison Service contractor gave a job to award-winning investigative journalist Paul Morgan-Bentley of The Times without even giving him a Google thetimes.co.uk/article/890684…

Curious as to why line about 'experts divided' about over diagnosis crept into otherwise excellent Times article. Isn't the overwhelming evidence that autism and ADHD are still massively under diagnosed? Experts in this article are not divided! thetimes.co.uk/article/5b33d4…

Journalism under attack: Truth Tellers panel hears from Clive Myrie reveals false Facebook claims he was attacked by racist mob in Ukraine. And James Harding responds to 'disgraceful' claim BBC is anti-Semitic pressgazette.co.uk/news/jimmy-lai…

Only local papers...Ouch, from Alexis Petridis Steve Harley obit in The Guardian...

This is a really interesting read from Dominic Ponsford from Press Gazette looking at the how the political bias of the UK media has changed in the last 30 years and what it means for this year's General Election.
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Many UK national newspapers have not released circulation figures for more than three years. I've had a stab at estimating where their print numbers are now. pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience…

Message from Google to all editorial SEO teams: **ck you. The winner for the entire first page of search results related to the term 'Oscar winners' is: Google!

Local/regional print newspaper circulation decline is mind boggling. The Scotsman sold 100,000+copies per day in 2000, down to around 7,000 today pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience…

Tried in vain to get some ideas for Mother's Day walks and afternoon tea in Sussex on the new Sussex.com website. It really is a rubbish site sussex.com

Eight months after the BBC suspended its £440k lead news presenter on full pay the PR line is now this: 'We will not be discussing matters pertaining to this individual'. Suggests it is does not plan to publish the results of any other investigations. pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-sun-b…

The teaching of journalism, a practical skill, is being swallowed up by academia and Russell Group universities forcing local training centres to close pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analys…

'Our quality, investigative journalism is a scrutinising force', (and we also just write up stuff shared on Instagram) theguardian.com/society/2024/f…

This week on The Mill's podcast:

🇺🇸Our full interview with Bernie Sanders
🗞What's behind the crisis in local news in the UK? We take a look at Dominic Ponsford's reporting
🌦Joshi Herrmann tells us why he's still optimistic about the future of local media

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Chris Hoy illness is one of several occasions in last few years where people have been threatened into revealing personal information by reporters according to Hacked Off - but where is your evidence for this? Please share (for Hoy and the others).

I've not seen anything yet to suggest Chris Hoy was forced to reveal his diagnosis by a journalist, has anyone else? Perhaps he could have been pictured on social media?

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🚨🚨 Extraordinary analysis by Dominic Ponsford that should set off alarm bells in Westminster. It shows how local news in the UK has utterly collapsed.

In revenue terms the sector is 'around 7x smaller' today compared to 2007. And employs *6,000 fewer* local journalists.