GB News chief executive Angelos Frangopoulos has announced a redundancy round at the opinion-led broadcaster, seeking to cut 40 roles. It is the first major round of cuts at GB News, whose most recent accounts, covering the year to May 2023, showed an operating loss of £42.4m. Frangopoulos announced the redundancy round at a town hall on Friday afternoon. Staff were informed at another town hall last week that forthcoming changes at the business may result in the cutting of some roles. The business is currently appealing for staff open to taking voluntary redundancy to come forward, offering u ..read more

A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News. Leading the week The Rwanda bill will return to the House of Commons for a fourth round of ping-pong on Monday (April 22) after peers once again thwarted the government’s attempts to pass the bill this week by voting for amendments on Wednesday night. Home Secretary James Cleverly accused Labour of political cynicism after the House of Lords approved two amendments on military-related exemptions and the treatment of Rwanda as a safe country, while there were suggestions that opposition parties ha ..read more

Open Democracy could have gone into liquidation by June had it not made a 40% cut to costs, according to the non-profit news provider’s leadership team. That financial projection was shared with Open Democracy’s NUJ chapel in March after unionised staff passed a vote of no confidence in chief executive Satbir Singh and board chair Suzanna Taverne. The announcement of a redundancy round at Open Democracy in early March appeared to take staff by surprise, with one describing the cuts as “huge and out of the blue”. Approximately ten roles were ultimately made redundant, representing around a thir ..read more

A US news website taking a positive approach to coverage of the environment is making $5m a year out of programmatic advertising. Negative news about global warming has been blamed for making many consumers turn off from news. The Cool Down takes a more positive approach with a focus on environmentally friendly technology, innovation and advice. The climate-focused news outlet plans to use information gathered from its newsletter readership to establish a consultancy-type platform for sustainability-orientated companies. The Cool Down experienced the fastest growth in visits (up 52%) out of al ..read more

Nuala McGovern will succeed Emma Barnett as presenter for BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour on Mondays to Wednesdays. Anita Rani, who has presented on Fridays and Saturdays since 2021, will take over the Thursday programme as well. McGovern, who will begin her role on Monday 13 May, previously hosted Woman’s Hour during Barnett’s maternity leave last year. She is currently a presenter for BBC World Service, where she will continue as a regular on the Newshour programme, and BBC News. McGovern said: “I’m looking forward to working with the superb Woman’s Hour team on the rigorous journalism expected on ..read more

Press Gazette research has found widespread examples of people with autism and ADHD working in news media, even if they often hide their diagnosis from colleagues. Some 136 of our newsletter subscribers filled out our survey on neurodiversity in the media and 64 said they had a neurodivergent condition, with ADHD and autism by far the most common responses. All but five of those who responded to our survey work in the media. These conditions are considered by most to be disabilities which can come with profound challenges. But our survey respondents also revealed they have particular strengths ..read more

Award-winning freelance journalist and author Lydia Wilkins was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome (now simply known as autism or Autism Spectrum Condition) when she was 15. Now 25, she also has dyspraxia (another form of neurodiversity) and is a long Covid patient. She spoke to Press Gazette as we published research into the prevalence of neurodiversity in news media. Wilkins set out some of the challenges and strengths that come with being neurodivergent and warned that some media employers are failing in their legal duty to remove barriers for those with autism. You can listen to our full i ..read more

Times Radio journalist Darryl Morris was diagnosed with ADHD as a child. He began his radio career at the BBC in 2006 as a production assistant on Radio Manchester, worked as a presenter at Bauer Media for six years and joined Times Radio in 2018. He said although ADHD is a disability, he does not feel disabled. It leads to him being “distracted”, but he said: “There’s another way to describe being distracted, which is curious.” He added: “All of the best stories I’ve come across have been when I have been distracted because I should have been doing something else.” Morris spoke to Press Gazet ..read more

ADHD and autism are being covered in the media due to the skyrocketing numbers of people being diagnosed. This isn’t an epidemic, it’s a better public understanding of neurological diversity, the extent to which we differ in our sensory perception, concentration, emotional regulation, literacy ability and more. Difference doesn’t need to be framed as negative. We’ve historically done this because our education systems are still set up for Jacks of All Trades, with rigid conventions on spelling, sitting still for hours and putting up with loud noisy environments. But the technology revolution i ..read more

Rebecca Clancy, motor racing correspondent at The Times of seven years, has left the newspaper publisher to join Autosport as editor-in-chief leading a team of about 25 people. She is one of two News UK journalists to be joining Autosport: she will be joined by The Sun’s F1 correspondent and motorsport columnist Ben Hunt. The pair already co-host F1 podcast Inside the Piranha Club together and will continue to do so in their new roles. Clancy, who takes up the editor-in-chief role on 29 April, said: “I’m honoured to lead this esteemed motorsport brand into this new era. Together, with our team ..read more