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The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology

Inquiry

News providers are facing a challenging future: new technologies, disruption to business models, declining trust and growing concerns around impartiality present a complex, interrelated and difficult problem.  

The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee will examine a selection of strategic challenges facing the sector, and identify the actions required over the next 12 months and 5 years to ensure news media can remain a core part of our democratic system.

Read the key points in our report summary

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:59pm on 12 February 2024.

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Past events

Tuesday 15 October 2024
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Oral evidence 15 October 2024
2:30pm
  • Stephanie Peacock MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth) at Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
  • The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
  • Robert Specterman-Green (Director, Media and International at Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
  • Sam Cannicott (Deputy Director for AI Capability at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Room 4, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 14 May 2024
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Oral evidence 14 May 2024
2:30pm
  • Dame Melanie Dawes DCB (Chief Executive Officer at Ofcom)
  • Cristina Nicolotti Squires (Group Director of Broadcasting and Media at Ofcom)
Room 2, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 7 May 2024
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Oral evidence 7 May 2024
2:30pm
  • Susan Coughtrie (Director at Foreign Policy Centre)
  • Sayra Tekin (Director of Legal at News Media Association)
  • Fiona O'Brien (UK Bureau Director at Reporters Without Borders)
  • David Hooper
3:30pm
  • Paul Philip (Chief Executive Officer at Solicitors Regulation Authority)
  • Juliet Oliver (General Counsel at Solicitors Regulation Authority)
Room 2, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 30 April 2024
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Oral evidence 30 April 2024
2:30pm
  • Robert Colvile (Director at Centre for Policy Studies)
  • Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Professor of Political Communication at University of Oxford)
  • Professor Jane Singer (Professor Emerita of Journalism Innovation at City, University of London)
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

  • Email: holcommunications@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 8662 (committee staff) | 020 7219 8659 (Press Officer)
  • Address: Communications and Digital Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW