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ICNN has issued over 80 membership cards since the start of lockdown.

The day the lockdown came into effect it became apparent that members of ICNN needed identification to perform their roles…

My Welshpool celebrates its 10th birthday

ICNN member My Welshpool is celebrating a decade of delivering news to the Welshpool area by welcoming back advertisers after…

Midlands publisher wins first-ever ICNN Website of the Year award

Birmingham Updates has been announced as the first-ever winner of the ICNN Independent Community News Website of the Year at…

Scottish Conservatives launch newspaper recovery plan

The recovery plan will support local journalism and local newspapers through additional funding streams, support national media with additional Scottish Government advertising spend.

Scottish investigative journalism co-op secures $260,000 philanthropic grant

ICNN member The Ferret, Scotland’s only investigative journalism co-operative, has received a $260,000 grant to secure its future in the…

Public Interest News Foundation launches COVID-19 Emergency Fund for independent news publishers.

The Public Interest News Foundation (PINF) has launched the COVID-19 Emergency Fund for independent news publishers affected by the COVID-19…

95% of independent news outlets have received zero support from Government

It has been six weeks since Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced lockdown measures and still there has been no package…

Campaign to #saveindependentnews gets cross-party support

Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has led a campaign to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care…

UK Government decides which news publishers sink and which swim

The following is taken from a twitter thread written by Director of ICNN, Emma Meese. The UK Government decides which…

Government public health campaign will not reach many communities

The Government has today (April 17, 2020) launched a public health campaign that will simply not reach many communities across…

Welsh Government provides emergency funding to welsh hyperlocals.

Welsh members of the Independent Community News Network have been awarded emergency grant revenue funding of £8,500 by Welsh Government…

Media law in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Working as a journalist is challenging at the best of times, but during this pandemic, there are added risks and pressures upon you.

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