Government allows digital giants to publish with impunity while proposing to...
Five years after publication of the Leveson report Press Gazette readers could be forgiven for turning away from yet another article about press regulation. But please hear me out, because new...
View ArticleCOMMENT: Privacy injunction to stop media reporting police investigation into...
The recent High Court ruling on ERY v Associated Newspapers concerns a very wealthy businessman who wants to stop the public knowing that he has been questioned by police under caution. Before an...
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Stories untold and injustices ignored: Former Brighton Argus editor Mike...
Mike Gilson was axed this week by publisher Newsquest after just under two years as editor of Sussex daily the Brighton Argus. A hugely experienced regional press heavyweight, he was widely credited...
View ArticleScale of crisis facing news industry is exposed by NMA report: Google and...
The UK regional and national newspaper industry is still miles from making the transition from print to digital. And thanks largely to the success of Google and Facebook at selling advertising (partly...
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Ten ways journalism industry can improve self regulation and regain the trust...
Producing good journalism is not an easy task. Those who do it well are adept in communicating with clarity, precision, and understanding. But it seems as if nobody within the industry is able to apply...
View ArticleWatch the British Journalism Awards 2016 video: 'An industry we should feel...
As 2016 draws to a close many UK journalists will reflect on another tough year for our craft. The digital giants appear to be sucking advertising out of our trade at an increasing rate. Regional...
View ArticleEconomist digital strategy chief: We expect display advertising to have...
Economist deputy editor and digital strategy head Tom Standage on why news publishers need to say goodbye to advertising… The majority of our revenue (65 per cent and rising) comes from circulation. We...
View ArticleRunning out of paper: 'Plenty of councils are looking forward to the demise...
The Northern Echo, England’s first halfpenny morning paper, comprised just four pages in the late nineteenth century, two of which were given over to advertisements. But this lack of space didn’t stop...
View ArticleThe 'golden rule' of journalistic ethics and why Buzzfeed was wrong to...
I give the odd talk to journalism students on ethics and I always start with the “golden rule” which is the basis of most world religions – and, I would say, journalistic ethics. Treat others as you...
View ArticleGovernment may have to adopt Section 40 compromise, with benefits for Impress...
Set beside crisis in the NHS, Brexit, tackling immigration and the foreign policy challenges of dealing with Donald Trump – press regulation will be fairly low down the list of priorities for Prime...
View ArticleNewspaper and magazine columnists: Journalism's preposterous prima donnas
Of all the bizarre and disturbing creatures that inhabit newspapers and magazines, none are quite so preposterous as columnists. Reporters are often obsessive, copy editors pernickity to the point...
View Article'For most of it I have no words' - How journalists told the world about the...
Candles were set be lit across Britain today to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, which commemorates the estimated six million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Second World War. Two new books on how...
View ArticleNewspaper stories misrepresenting Islam would not be tolerated if they were...
On this British Holocaust Memorial day it is worth journalists stopping to consider how they cover minorities. Muslims comprise 5 per cent of the UK population yet appear to account for the majority of...
View ArticleSocial media guidance for journalists: Any paid-for content must be clearly...
Journalists promoting brands on social media channels like Twitter and Facebook should heed new guidance from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The ASA has clarified whether it classifies...
View ArticleBBC-funded local democracy reporters are a start - but scheme is like putting...
The BBC’s commitment to fund 150 local democracy reporters is a little like using a sticking plaster to fix a severed limb – but it is hugely welcome nonetheless. The deal worked out between the News...
View ArticleAppeal Court allows action under the Data Protection Act as alternative to...
The Court of Appeal has given the green light for people to bring claims against the media for breaches of the Data Protection Act (DPA) if their libel actions fail. The ruling last week arose in a...
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'An antidote to the prevailing madness' - The titles leading a resurgence in...
The latest ABC figures show that the decline of print journalism is far from inevitable with many titles experiencing strong growth. For some titles, like The Economist and The Spectator, digital...
View ArticleGuardian's 64-word definition of a sub-editor leads to raised eyebrows...
A Guardian report on the world of sub-editors has led to some raised eyebrows amongst our grey cardigan-wearing colleagues. The piece, which is available online to registered Guardian members and...
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Hitler, the Daily Mail and how Lord Rothermere showed he has learned the...
It can seem glib to compare the current era to the 1930s. There are parallels, with the rise of nationalism and the free press under attack, but we are a long way away from Nazi-style totalitarianism...
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Mail and Mirror are only ones baffled by Hiddleston encounter with 'mystery...
Mail Online and the Mirror apparently remain puzzled by Tom Hiddleston’s “mystery brunette” encounter last month. The Mail wrote on 17 January that the actor was “snapped hugging a mystery woman in...
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