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News Recovery Plan


fiscal stimuli and interventions to support and protect jobs and quality journalism, to get the industry out of the crisis and to reimagine the news of the future. Michelle Stanistreet said: “Our aim


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is to create a healthy diverse press, focussed squarely on the public good, one that can be sustained now and into the future. Tat’s why we want governmental commitments to a range of actions – some immediate and some when the worst of this crisis is over – that will create a


he NUJ has launched a News Recovery Plan, From Health Crisis to Good News, with a bold set of measures,


news industry firmly rooted in the public interest journalism which will deepen public engagement in our democratic structures.” Te plan calls for the tech giants, such as Facebook and Google, to properly pay their way. For too long they have had a free ride on the back of the mainstream press and in return have taken away its advertising revenue. Te union also demanded for a tripling of the government’s Digital Services Tax to a 6 per cent windfall with an ongoing mechanism either through this tax or a new arrangement to fund the measures contained in the News Recovery Plan, alongside other investment.


Other measures include: • Tax credits and interest free loans to support journalist jobs, for frontline reporters covering the Covid-19 crisis and recovery. • No public money for firms making


redundancies, cuting pay, giving executive bonuses or blocking trade union organisation. • Strategic investment in


government advertising, including the hyperlocal sector, involving central and local governments and public bodies. • Further funding by NESTA’s


Future News Fund of innovative, public interest journalism and a similar scheme in Ireland. • Free vouchers for online or print subscriptions to all 18-and-19-year olds and tax credits for households with subscriptions. Te debate is now open, with a sound set of principles to guide us.


branch can do Tweet your support and disseminate the


recovery plan: htps://www.nuj.org.uk/ documents/from-health-crisis-to-good- news/


Ask people to sign the petition in support of the plan: www.nuj.org.uk/mediaplan Use this leter as a template to write to your local and national politicians; htps://www. nuj.org.uk/documents/nujs-news-recovery- plan-template-leter-to-politicians/ Use the plan as the starting point for debate at your next branch meeting and feedback to campaigns@nuj.org.uk


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