MPs have called on the newspaper industry to work with the National Union of Journalists to create a "satisfactory" pay structure which recognises academic qualifications, experience and dedication to the industry.
Burton MP Janet Dean and Stafford MP David Kidney have tabled an Early Day Motion which "notes with concern the relatively low wages within journalism" and compares the wages of trainee journalists entering the profession with a university degree to that of graduates entering other industries.

The MP for Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland, Dr Ashok Kumar, has raised in the Commons the issue of the OFT's review of newspaper and magazine distribution and its potential impact on regional and local newspapers.
He said the possible options proposed by the OFT could act as a way of killing off newspapers.
He told the Commons: "We should prevent that. Local papers and the ability to buy them are key requisites of a good, ordered and civilised society."

Press Association reporter Laura May persuaded a judge to lift a banning order on an 11-year-old boy who was attacked by his mother's ex-partner.
After a section 39 order was unexpectedly made, she showed the judge a cutting from the South Wales Echo, showing that the boy had been named in an original report on the attack.

A joint effort by The Northcliffe Press Plymouth and Westcountry Publications has resulted in both companies sharing the Best Environmental Printer award at this year's Printing World Awards.
The award recognises a UK sheetfed or web offset printer that has best demonstrated a commitment to improved environmental performance in the past year.