Local councils spend millions to publish notices in newspapers. Almost none of the money goes to small, independent publishers, instead lining the coffers of corporate giants. Jonathan Heawood writes about our attempts to untangle the arcane policies that got us here, and our new effort to fix them.
We are delighted to welcome Jaldeep Katwala to PINF as our new Network Manager. In his first blog for PINF, he gives an update on our Indie News Forum and plans to connect indie news publishers.
In a survey released today (17 December 2021), the Public Interest News Foundation reveals that the British public tend not to trust local news that’s produced outside their area.
The Public Interest News Foundation welcomes Julius Weinberg as a new member of its board of trustees. Julius Weinberg is Chair of Ofsted and co-Chair of the Buckinghamshire Cultural Partnership. He was also Vice Chancellor of Kingston University until 2017. He qualified in Medicine and trained first as an