Spain’s Football League Deploys Court-Ordered IP Blocks to Combat Piracy – Disrupting Legitimate Websites
NMC welcomes efforts to strike a balance in combating online piracy while protecting media freedom, but the collateral blocking of news outlets, human rights platforms, and essential infrastructure demonstrates why enforcement mechanisms must be calibrated with precision. Without technical safeguards and transparency, anti-piracy measures risk becoming tools that disrupt the open internet infrastructure on which primary source journalism and newsroom operations depends.
European politicians line up to demand better enabling environment for on-the-ground newsgathering
For the News Media Coalition, the debate mattered because it repeatedly returned to the ground where Primary Source Journalism lives: access to events and institutions, the terms attached to accreditation, the concentration of rights, and the protection of the people who do the reporting. Those themes surfaced again and again, across political groups and national delegations.
EPA Images opens second edition of its news photography programme
EPA Images, the European Pressphoto Agency and an NMC member, has opened applications for the second edition of its Advanced Programme in International News Photography. The 12-month course, run by the EPA Academy, begins on 15 October 2026 at the agency's headquarters in Frankfurt.
Council of Europe parliamentarians confront restrictions on the Press at major sporting events
A Parliamentary Assembly report warns that growing limits on journalists at major sporting events threaten independent reporting — concerns the News Media Coalition has raised during the run up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
‘The truth doesn’t arrive on its own. Someone has to be there to witness it’ – AP’s Julie Pace
At a moment when artificial intelligence can generate text, images and 'feeds' that look at a glance, like real journalism, the executive editor of one of the world's most respected news agencies has issued a clear and urgent challenge to her industry: get closer, not further away.
NMC Welcomes UK Assessment on Olympics Bid
The News Media Coalition (NMC) of news publishers and news agencies supports the UK government's decision to carry out an "initial strategic assessment" into potentially bidding for the Olympics and Paralympics to be hosted in the north of England in the 2040 decade.