News from Newsworks | 9 – 13 May

The latest Festival of News panel has been revealed and it’s a showdown of the political pundits: the Mirror’s Kevin Maguire and the Daily Mail’s Andrew Pierce will be dissecting and (possibly) disagreeing on everything from partygate to the royal family. Taking place on Thursday 9 June, click here to register your place and see the speaker line-up.

In other news, Newsworks CEO Jo Allan will be speaking about All Together at this month’s Media360 conference, discussing how news brands broke new boundaries in creating awareness, trust and recall around the government’s Covid messaging. Joining Allan will be Dominic Carter, EVP, publisher of The Sun and Reach Solutions sales and invention director Emma Callaghan. Read more here. 

Check out the winner of April’s ad of the month poll, the latest stand out ads gallery including Waitrose & Partners and The AA as well as more news from news brands below.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

Independent journalism plays a vital role in disseminating information, especially in places where press freedom is under threat…Our hope is that the truth about the situation inside Russia will continue to get out from under the heavy hand of the censor.

Jamie Wilson, head of international news at Guardian News & Media, on why the news brand published pieces from censored Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta

In other news…

April’s ad of the month revealed »

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This week’s stand out ads including Lloyds Banking Group, Carstore and Tesco »

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Festival of News: Maguire and Pierce to debate and dissect the headlines »

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Media360 session to explore how All Together changed nation’s behaviour »

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The Independent launches new app »

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The Times announces Katie Prescott as technology business editor »

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The Guardian appoints Pippa Crerar as political editor »