These past 12 months have been the most challenging I have seen yet in terms of the safety of journalists and threats to media freedom in the UK.

At Reach, we have had more than double the number of online safety issues reported by our journalists than in the previous year. The cases are more complex too, with smearing, doxxing and defaming of journalists on external platforms, along with sexual and violent threats, hate speech and personal attacks.

As has been documented by Nottinghamshire Post and MyLondon, we have also seen increasing blocks to media access by public........

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