The site has an archive of over four million news articles and a database of the work, biographical and contact information of several thousand journalists.
[3] The site scrapes the news articles from several national and local publications, and sorts them according to byline.
The campaign was directly supported by Norman Fowler, Onora O'Neill, Francis Wheen, Tom Watson MP, Ben Goldacre, Baroness Helena Kennedy, Sir David Bell, D. D. Guttenplan, Roy Greenslade, Ian Hargreaves, John Lloyd, Isabel Hilton, Ian Jack, John Pilger, John Prescott, Richard Peppiatt, Andreas Whittam Smith, J. K. Rowling,[6] and others.
Actor Hugh Grant supported the campaign and became a public spokesperson, appearing on the BBC television programmes Question Time and Newsnight.
Individuals who have contributed to the Trust include Christopher Stone[clarification needed] and Robert Worcester.