Scotland's News - towards a sustainable future for public interest journalism: report

Independent report produced by the short-life Public Interest Journalism Working Group outlining their recommendations to the Scottish Government on developing a sustainable future for public interest journalism in Scotland.


Footnotes

1. http://www.localmediauk.org/Research-Insight/Facts-Figures

2. https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/online-ad-demand-very-strong-tech-giants-perform-q2-2021/1724325?bulletin=campaign_media_bulletin&utm_medium=EMAIL&utm_campaign=eNews%20Bulletin&utm_source=20210810&utm_content=Campaign%20Media%20(226)::www_campaignlive_co_uk_ar_3&email_hash=

3. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/23745/9/News%20hub%20article.pdf

4. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/220710/media-plurality-in-the-uk-condoc.pdf

5. https://pressgazette.co.uk/uk-local-newspaper-closures-at-least-265-local-newspaper-titles-gone-since-2005-but-pace-of-decline-has-slowed/

6. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/apr/16/johnston-press-dailies-go-weekly

7. https://www.usnewsdeserts.com/reports/expanding-news-desert/loss-of-local-news/loss-newspapers-readers/

8. https://pressgazette.co.uk/buzzfeed-battled-losses-uk-closure/; https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/mar/12/huffpost-uk-staff-face-redundancy-as-news-operation-closes-down

9. https://theconversation.com/grenfell-tower-warnings-might-have-been-heard-if-not-for-the-collapse-of-local-journalism-117427

10. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute/assets/cmcp/local-news.pdf

11. https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2021/news/publisher-creates-45-jobs-as-digital-news-war-sparked-in-eight-major-cities/

12. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/220710/media-plurality-in-the-uk-condoc.pdf p. 29.

13. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/
attachment_data/file/779882/021919_DCMS_Cairncross_Review_.pdf
, p. 18.

14. https://www.gov.scot/publications/report-national-cremation-investigation-dame-elish-angiolini-dbe-qc/

15. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/062315/how-smartphones-are-changing-advertising-marketing.asp; https://www.blog.joomag.com/single-post/digital-publishing-2018-10-25-10-digital-publishing-platforms-everyone-should-know-about

16. https://pressgazette.co.uk/uk-independent-community-news-sector/?fbcl>

17. https://www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/pinfindex

18. https://www.thehunterfoundation.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Raising-Scotlands-economic-growth-FINAL-EMB-TO-00.01-ON-7-APRIL-1.pdf

19. https://en.unesco.org/fightfakenews; https://www.bbc.co.uk/beyondfakenews/

20. https://slks.dk/english/work-areas/media

21. https://www.medietilsynet.no/en/about-medietilsynet/

22. https://www.svdj.nl/dutch-journalism-fund/

23. https://www.nzonair.govt.nz/funding/journalism-funding/

24. https://www.acma.gov.au/news-media-bargaining-code

25. https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/corporations/business-tax-credits/canadian-journalism-labour-tax-credit.html

26. https://www.rebuildlocalnews.org/local-journalism-sustainability-act

27. https://gov.wales/independent-community-journalism-wales-given-ps200000-boost

28. https://d1ssu070pg2v9i.cloudfront.net/pex/carnegie_uk_trust/2016/02/pub1455011667.pdf

29. https://www.nesta.org.uk/project/future-news-fund/

30. https://www.nctj.com/latestnews/community-news-project-extended-by-Facebook

31. https://gov.wales/independent-community-journalism-wales-given-ps200000-boost

32. https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/about/about-us/; https://www.ij.no/english; https://ifp.u-paris2.fr/fr; https://www.thomsonfoundation.org/; https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/

33. https://ejc.net/; https://www.svdj.nl/dutch-journalism-fund/; https://www.theajp.org/; https://njcivicinfo.org/

34. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-cairncross-review-a-sustainable-future-for-journalism

35. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-cairncross-review-a-sustainable-future-for-journalism/government-response-to-the-cairncross-review-a-sustainable-future-for-journalism

36. http://goodgovernance.scot/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Scottish-Governance-Code-Final-PDF.pdf

37. At the time of writing, the New Zealand dollar is equivalent to £0.51; the population of New Zealand is 4.917m and the population of Scotland is 5.454m.

38. https://charitycommission.blog.gov.uk/2020/01/27/read-all-about-it-when-can-journalism-be-charitable/

39. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/10/part/1/chapter/2

40. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5152951/charity-overview

41. https://www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/post/pinf-awarded-charitable-status

42. https://www.journalism.org/2019/06/05/many-americans-say-made-up-news-is-a-critical-problem-that-needs-to-be-fixed/

43. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/985033/Draft_Online_Safety_Bill_Bookmarked.pdf

44. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1004233/DCMS_Media_Literacy_Report_Roll_Out_Accessible_PDF.pdf

45. https://www.socalnie.com/

46. https://www.poynter.org/mediawise/

47. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-38380583

48. https://www.gov.scot/collections/marketing-spend/

49. https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/pamco-uk-national-news-websites-strong-growth-post-covid/

50. https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2021/denmark; https://www.government.se/press-releases/2020/04/support-to-media-in-response-to-the-spread-of-the-covid-19-virus/; https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2021/portugal

51. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vat-scrapped-on-e-publications

52. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-in-scotland-local-press-will-get-government-advert-boost-2jxgszpxx

53. https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2020/news/more-weeklies-shelved-as-pandemic-continues-to-hit-regional-press/

54. https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20190321192258/https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Government/Procurement/about/spd-aims

55. https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20190316075741/https://www.gov.scot/publications/guidance-under-procurement-reform-scotland-act-2014/pages/2/

56. https://www.ebu.ch/news/2019/09/public-service-media-critical-to-healthy-democracies

57. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/924325/Plum_DCMS_press_sector_dynamics_-_Final_Report_v4.pdf

58. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmscotaf/401/401we03.htm

59. https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/transparency-data/2020/07/recruitment-advertising-and-public-notices-framework/documents/framework-agreement-for-recruitment-advertising-and-public-notices/framework-agreement-for-recruitment-advertising-and-public-notices/govscot%3Adocument/Framework%2Bagreement%2B-%2Brecruitment%2Badvertising%2Band%2Bpublic%2Binformation%2Bnotices%2B-%2BTMP%2BUK%2BLtd.pdf

60. https://www.gov.scot/publications/annual-report-procurement-activity-scotland-2018-19/pages/4/

61. https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-procurement-annual-report-2019/

62. https://www.tellmescotland.gov.uk/

63. https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/ss/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=content-type&blobheadervalue1=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1370006650112&ssbinary=true

64. https://www.emarketer.com/content/google-facebook-share-of-uk-ad-market-will-dip-below-66-percent

65. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-competition-regime-for-tech-giants-to-give-consumers-more-choice-and-control-over-their-data-and-ensure-businesses-are-fairly-treated

66. https://adassoc.org.uk/advertising-pays/

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