Other lives: South African journalist who worked on the Rand Daily Mail before joining the Press Association and the Guardian in the UK
September 2022
Channel crossings by small boat hit highest monthly total on record
In August, 8,644 people reached the UK, the highest monthly number since 6,961 arrived last November
May 2020
Microsoft sacks journalists to replace them with robots
John Bryant, journalist and key figure in London Marathon, dies aged 76
November 2019
Chris Moncrieff obituary
Political editor of the Press Association admired for his unsurpassed ability to break stories and his deep knowledge of Westminster
February 2019
Democracy and digital media
Journalists are ‘watchdogs of justice’
Letter: Margaret Parker is reassured to hear the former lord chief justice acknowledge that the loss of newspapers ‘is a threat to the justice system’
July 2017
Press Association wins Google grant to run news service written by computers
News agency gets €706,000 to use AI for creation of up to 30,000 local stories a month in partnership with Urbs Media
October 2016
Greenslade
New studies suggest continuing decrease in court reporting
Roy Greenslade
Two pieces of research, one an editors’ survey and another about content, raise the alarm about the lack of reporting of British courts
Flood defences 'skewed towards wealthy families and regions'
Press Association study suggests flood protection funding formula tilts system towards richer households and areas
Press Association to look at automating sport and news stories
Editor-in-chief Pete Clifton tells Society of Editors that computers could be producing articles such as match reports and election results within months
August 2016
Greenslade
Ipso sets up pilot arbitration scheme to resolve legal complaints
Regulator launches one-year experiment aimed at avoiding costly court costs
July 2016
Greenslade
'National newspaper for the north' closes after just five weeks
Roy Greenslade
The 24 newspaper couldn’t find an audience, which isn’t much of a surprise because titles founded solely on market research and a hunch rarely work
June 2016
Greenslade
North West region to get a new paid-for daily newspaper
CN Group to publish 24 - The North’s National, a paper designed to offer ‘disenfranchised readers’ a sort of Metro/i experience
May 2016
Greenslade
PA partners with Twitter to track the EU referendum debate
New dashboard, open to all for free, will chart the course of the debate
March 2016
Greenslade
Newspaper publishers want more reporters - at the BBC's expense
Roy Greenslade
Regional press owners approach corporation’s news chief, James Harding, to seek funding for journalists to cover local courts and council meetings
January 2016
Greenslade
Hands off the FoI act: information is a vital tool of democracy
Roy Greenslade
Review commissioners should think hard about the evidence from the Society of Editors and the Press Association before daring to water down the act
YouTube video channel SBTV links with PA for youth news service
Jamal Edwards’ 10-year-old channel follows example of Vice by moving from youth lifestyle into mainstream news
Greenslade
Press regulator Impress ready to reveal its first 'clients'
Body independent of the industry soon to announce publishers’ identities
November 2015
Government's FoI review threatens to damage democracy, says PA
Greenslade
SWNS moves into London by acquiring yet another news agency
