3 December 2012 – Having worked with complainants for some 20 years and pressed for a tougher and more independent system of regulation, it would be churlish of The MediaWise Trust not to welcome the general thrust of Lord Justice Leveson’s Report. … Continue reading
7 February 2012 – The Phone Hacking Scandal: Journalism At The Crossroads, edited by Richard Keeble and John Mair, is a collection of essays from academics, journalists and media activists on the hacking controversy and the current state of journalism … Continue reading
8 July 2011 – Crocodile tears from the Murdoch camp, from Downing Street and from the Leader of the Opposition will assuage none of the public’s concerns about the state of UK journalism and the unhealthy relationship between the press, … Continue reading
2 October 2008 – Ten days after President Lukashenko’s supporters won a clean sweep of 110 seats in flawed parliamentary elections, members of the Belarus Association of Journalists (BAJ) are visiting Britain to explain what it is like to operate … Continue reading
9 October 2007 – With England’s cricketers taking a 2-1 lead in the five one-day internationals against Sri Lanka, and the prospect of a thrilling test series starting in December, it is unsurprising for British interest to focus on whether … Continue reading
20 August 2001 – The Sun has lost its appeal against the decision of County Court judge Roger Cox to permit former police station clerk Esther Thomas to sue the paper under the 1997 Protection from Harassment Act (see PressWise … Continue reading
27 June 2001 – Somewhere in Britain, sometime soon, a perfectly innocent 18-year-old boy is going to move into a new flat or a new job and be viciously assaulted; perhaps killed. This may not be the intent of the … Continue reading