Media Literacy Project

Explore our series on media literacy, including how journalism works, what press regulation means, how we report responsibly, and how you can identify trustworthy news. From bylines to corrections, these articles explain the inner workings of ethical, local journalism.

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Media watchdog demands tougher standards for online press

The Press Recognition Panel has criticised a new government Green Paper, warning that plans to define trusted news online ignore weak regulation in the mainstream press...

Opinion: Local news, supported by Bedfordians, not billionaires

This week, as part of Indie News Week, we've done something that doesn't come naturally to us, and that's why it's taken me so long to find the right words to write this piece. We're asking our...

Opinion: If our redactions annoyed you yesterday, good. That was the point

The Bedford Independent and Bedford Clanger redacted stories for Indie News Week to show what happens when communities only get half the story. If it annoyed you, that was the point....

Bedford Independent and Bedford Clanger redact stories to warn “no news is bad news”

The Bedford Independent and Bedford Clanger are redacting parts of their stories today as part of Indie News Week, highlighting what Bedford could lose without independent local journalism...

Bedford Independent editor among first accredited ethical journalists in UK

Bedford Independent editor Paul Hutchinson has gained ethical journalism accreditation through Impress, reinforcing the title’s commitment to trust, accuracy and accountability...

World News Day: Global lessons from a press in peril

Martin Baron, former chief editor of The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and the Miami Herald, whose newsrooms won 17 Pulitzer Prizes, argues that democracy cannot exist without a free press...

World News Day: Regenerating the base layer of democracy – local news

Today is World News Day, and we're proud to stand in solidarity with newsrooms and journalists worldwide in highlighting the challenges facing modern news reporting and journalism...

Keeping conversations constructive: Our social media terms and conditions

Progress Publishing, the publisher of the Bedford Independent and Bedford Clanger, welcomes healthy, respectful debate on our social media channels. We fiercely defend responsible free speech...

Media Literacy Project: A guide to how journalism works and why it needs your support

Over the past few months, the Bedford Independent has been exploring how journalism works and why that matters. Through our Media Literacy Project, we’ve opened the curtain on...

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