18 May 2007 – In his recent Annual Report, Press Complaints Commission Chair Sir Christopher Meyer asserted “the near universal incorporation of the (Editors’) Code of Practice in journalists’ contracts”. From his report on News of the World illegal phone-tapping … Continue reading
4 April 2006 – When people kill themselves we are all shocked. When newspapers are given the go-ahead to publish pictures of a suicide it is equally shocking. The Press Complaints Commission has justified publication, by the London Evening Standard, … Continue reading
16 January 2006 – The media ethics charity MediaWise believes much more can be done to protect the public against unfair and inaccurate press coverage, harassment, intrusion into grief and unscrupulous journalism, and to protect the rights of journalists themselves. … Continue reading
5 January 2006 – The publication by several UK national newspapers of a woman leaping to her death in London is both irresponsible and reprehensible, and not just because of the distress to friends and relatives of the deceased. The … Continue reading
1 October 2004 – The Bulgarian Union of Publishers has signed up to a comprehensive Code of Practice against which their journalism should be judged. The Code, drafted with assistance from MediaWise, is set to be adopted by the country’s … Continue reading
23 March 2004 – The Committee of Editors reviewing the UK newspaper industry’s Code of Practice have decided not to include a conscience clause for working journalists, thus rejecting pleas from MediaWise, the National Union of Journalists, the Commons’ Select … Continue reading
9 July 2003 – Cutting through the acres of newsprint and airtime devoted to the current debacle between Downing Street and the BBC – the message for journalists (and their editors) is simple – get back to basics. At some … Continue reading