Media

In 2024, the Society of Editors celebrated 20 years of campaigning in the name of a free press, freedom of speech and the public's right to know. Click through to view some of our past year's highlights, including the National Press Awards, the Regional Press Awards, the Society's work promoting court reporting and the Society's annual conference.

We spoke with four influential figures from the news media industry who express the importance of press freedom in a free and democratic society and the increasingly important need there is to defend these qualities in an era of fake news and disinformation.

ELEANOR MILLS TESTIMONIAL

Eleanor Mills, former Editorial Director of the Sunday Times, Editor of the Sunday Times Magazine and current Chair of Women in Journalism spoke with the Society about the future of journalism as an industry and the significant roles she plays both within the Society of Editors and, more broadly, across other organisations in helping to ensure its prosperity.

ALISON PHILLIPS AND GARY JONES TESTIMONIAL

Alison Phillips (Daily Mirror) and Gary Jones (Daily Express) spoke with the Society of Editors to discuss the crucial role of the Society in defending media freedom.