Our video coverage will track the story as the Final Say campaign heads to the streets

As we prepare for the Put It To The People march in central London the ideas for original video journalism have been fast flowing

“The Independent today launches a campaign to win for the British people the right to a final say on Brexit.”

That was the first line of our editorial on 24 July, 2018, a red-letter day for our newsroom that kicked of our fight for a second referendum.

Since then more than one million people have signed our petition for a referendum on the Brexit deal, politicians from across the parties joined us to hand in those signatures to Downing Street, and 700,000 of you took to the streets with us in October to make your voices heard.

Campaigning journalism is an essential part of all great newsrooms, and it’s something we believe in wholeheartedly at The Independent.

The way a campaign works has changed a lot over the years. For us, as a news organisation which made the decision to halt our print offering in 2016, we have to be at the forefront of new and exciting ways to get our message out across to the public.

Part of that offering is video, a medium that has become integral to The Independent’s editorial output as a whole.

As we prepare for the Put It To The People march in central London, where we will once again gather in Westminster to demand a vote on the government’s disastrous Brexit deal, the ideas for original video journalism from the ground have been fast flowing.

Gone are the days of editors thinking of video as a luxury. “Shoot a bit of video if you get time” is no longer enough, not in this newsroom. Our pitches have to be able to stand up to scrutiny just the same as those coming from our newsdesk or our team in the Westminster lobby.

And so today, you can expect to see full coverage, including a collaboration with a prominent advocate of a second referendum, and the voices and opinions of as many of the hundreds of thousands of marchers as we can film.

How we can best serve you, our viewers and not just our readers, is now at the forefront of decision making. So join us to see our final product, as we join you in demanding a Final Say.

Yours,

Tom Richell

Video editor