⁉️NEW: A guide to councils in crisis and Westminster interventions👀 Everything you ever wanted to know about councils getting taken over by the government. What’s a section 114? Who are commissioners & what do they do? What are different types of interventions? researchforaction.uk/guide-local-...

Morning all. We're looking for a freelancer to produce a research report on the best examples of local news funders from outside the UK. 🌍 🗞️ 📈 20 days, £250/day. Do share with anyone you think might be keen: tiny.cc/PINFfreelance

We're hoping to do an update of our Local News Map this summer. If we've missed an outlet — or got details wrong — please fill in the form on the map.publicinterestnews.org.uk page. 🗺️ 📍 📰

Read (and sign! ✍️) the @publicinterestnews.org.uk recommendations to regenerate #LocalNews by 2035: chng.it/hhcFbsn8NB

📢 Indie news needs your support The local news crisis has left over 4 million Brits living in news deserts, without access to reliable local info. We've launched a petition urging the government to help regenerate local news. Sign now and help indie news thrive: chng.it/TRSD7NKsrx #IndieNewsWeek

Misinformation is rising, news deserts are growing and trusted journalism is under threat. A new campaign calls on government to support a plan to revive local news — and you can help by signing the petition this Indie News Week! www.scottishbeacon.com/news/local-d... @publicinterestnews.org.uk

Lovely to be at @thebristolcable.bsky.social to celebrate #IndieNewsWeek with their first News Club event! “It’s like a book club… but for news!”

I'm running a #Community #Journalism project in #Belfast. Call into @universityofatypical.org tomorrow at 3 to find out more. Details: viewdigital.org/hold-the-fro... @viewdigital.bsky.social @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk @publicinterestnews.org.uk @nujofficial.bsky.social

Going on the reading list --> "The Local Newspaper as Accidental Social Infrastructure" 👀 "Data from interviews with people working with local newspaper archives demonstrates how local journalism facilitates the development of social capital..." journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/articles/13/...

This Indie News Week we are running a crowdfunder to help keep our independent local journalism going. Donate here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-th...

A genuine quote from a supporter in this Indie News Week 2025 The best way for independent journalism to flourish is with reader support For the price of a caffeine shot a month, your contribution would be vital The ‘Subscribe’ link will take you there. Thank you

We're celebrating #IndieNewsWeek all week! Because No News Is Bad News. Check out the events calendar for something near you: www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/indie-news-w... 📆 📍 🗞️

#IndieNewsWeek is coming! Starting Monday 9 June, indie newsrooms across the UK will be hosting live events to connect with and across communities! 📆 🗞️ 🤗 Check out our (very neon) events board for an event near you: www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/indie-news-e...

Great to see Lisa Nandy, Sec of State for Culture Media Sport make this pledge: www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/na...

Join us in 29 mins for the latest research findings on indie news providers and indie news audiences! lu.ma/nqzgdjvc All in the build-up to #IndieNewsWeek next week!

Old models of local news are collapsing. New models are emerging – but they are fragile. The @publicinterestnews.org.uk‬ team are presenting a vision for the future of local news – and how this vision can become reality. @joe-mitchell.com‬ #StrongerThings

Come say hello if you’re at @wearenewlocal.bsky.social’s #strongerthings! Our breakout on local news starting soon! 🗞️📱

On Weds we'll launch the latest version of our Index of Independent News Publishing report. We'll share the latest vital statistics on the shape and size of the indie news sector in the UK. And for the first time, we've asked audiences for their views on indie news. Join us: lu.ma/nqzgdjvc

Come and work with us! PINF is looking for an experienced Head of Operations and Governance. In this senior management role, you'd take responsibility for PINF's financial management, governance, HR and operations. Applications open until 14th May 2025 at 5pm. tinyurl.com/3efwxw6r

We're hiring someone to come help us regenerate local news! Do you know anyone that has good operations and governance experience and is looking for a part-time role? Please pass this on! www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/public-... #jobs

Over the next six months, PINF will support particularly tenacious journalists with some important public interest stories. We'll be highlighting these on this website! (You can learn more about the Tenacious Awards here: www.tenaciousawards.org/2025-tenacio...)

This looks a good read! We think that quality, community-centric, participatory local news is a vital part of social infrastructure. Regenerating local news will improve the accessibility and trustworthiness of important civic information when acute crises hit.

Super interesting to be on Local News Commission @publicinterestnews.org.uk It’s not often I can use the knowledge from my 2 careers: journalism & civil society. Final report outlines the vital role of local news in our democracy and how to preserve it. www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/_files/ugd/c...

Here we go! @sophiasgaler.bsky.social is launching the #LocalNewsCommission report with a panel of commissioners and special guests. #NoNewsIsBadNews

Good morning! We’re excited to be in the UK Parliament later today to launch the report of the #LocalNewsCommission! Get the background and info on the amazing commissioners: www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/local-news-c...

Last week, we handed the blog controls over to @ipswichnews.bsky.social. They wrote about their launch last year, their unusual business model, and what they've learned along the way: www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/post/ipswich...

How can public interest journalism be better protected? Jonathan Heawood, @publicinterestnews.org.uk, chairs this panel w/ Nishant Lalwani, @martinscott2010.bsky.social, Jenna Corderoy & @meeraselva.bsky.social Watch the #UKMediaFreedomForum here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G1G...

Local news is the lifeblood of local democracy. It needs your support. Join us to celebrate, promote and take part in 2025's Indie News Week — coming to a community near you, 9-15 June! Find out more: www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/post/indie-n... #IndieNewsWeek

This week we announced the winners of the inaugural Tenacious Journalist Awards 🎉 Meet them all here: www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/post/announc...

We're looking forward to this. PINF's exec director, Jonathan Heawood, and campaigns manager, Beckie Shuker, will be there. More on their sessions soon! 🇮🇹 🗞️ #ijf25

Google makes £billions from UK searches. Experimental data shows that users value search more — a lot more — when it includes news results. So does Google share revenues with the people who do the work to provide those news results? Do they, ahem, 'eck. www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/post/2-2-bil...

Struggling through the dark days of January? You're not alone! In this week's blog, PINF's team suggest hopeful articles, books, podcasts and films to boost the spirits... 💡 www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/post/not-so-... 💡

We’d love to update this map for 2025! Does anyone here fund mapping? 🔨🪚🧮🗺️

Local news is hotting up as a political issue. 🔥 In our latest blog, Beckie Shuker summarises key points from recent reports from Ofcom, the House of Lords and the CMA: www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/post/what-s-... 🤓

Calling UK indie newsrooms of BlueSky! We’d love for you to complete this year’s Survey of News Providers! We’ve kept it as short as possible - and you could win £100 for filling it in… publicinterestnews.org.uk/post/help-shape-the-future-of-indie-news-2025-survey-launch

News for all! Get your starter pack of the UK and Ireland's best independent, public interest news right here: go.bsky.app/J6iwyzz, thanks to @thebristolcable.bsky.social!

PINF is 5 today! 🎂🎈🥳 Read all about our first five years in our new blog tinyurl.com/244ub3kr Here's to the next five! 🎉

Celebrating the first five years @publicinterestnews.bsky.social next week. If you’d like to help support UK local journalism over the next five, get in touch! 🎂🍰 www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/post/five-ye... #charity #democracy

Thank you Zack for meeting us & our allies @impressorg.bsky.social @publicinterestnews.bsky.social Hacked Off & Independent Media Association If we want a fairer, more democratic society to tackle economic, social & climate crises, we need to build a more independent, accountable & democratic media