Local news organisations across the UK are today taking part in a coordinated Day of Action against abusive legal threats known as SLAPPs, led by the News Media Association in partnership with the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition.
Plans by the government to scrap proposals that would have blocked the security services from coming under the terms of a new Hillsborough Law have been welcomed by the Society of Editors.
On 28 February, Israel and the US attacked Iran. As in all wars, one of the early casualties was the truth.
The NUJ has joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in condemning the targeted killing of three Lebanese journalists in an Israeli drone strike on a media car in Jezzine, southern Lebanon.
The Society of Editors last week criticised government plans to clampdown on Freedom of Information requests, warning that any plans to restrict the legislation would be damaging to democracy.
‘Due process’ can be quite a dry subject, but it’s a mainstay of a civilised society. Carlos Dada details its erosion in El Salvador.
Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists, gave this year’s James Cameron Lecture at City St George’s, University of London on the 4th March. This is the transcript of the lecture.
Fight…Fight…Fight. Bravo the BBC, writes Paul Connew, for effectively hijacking Donald Trump’s own pet slogan in its determination to battle that massive $10bn dollar ‘Panoramagate’ documentary lawsuit brought against it by the US president.
The NUJ has called for stricter legislation to prevent corporate surveillance of journalists and for an independent inquiry into allegations surrounding the hiring of a public relations agency to investigate numerous reporters and their sources.
The Society of Editors has welcomed the publication yesterday of new guidance issued to all police forces in England and Wales promoting the accurate and timely release of information to accredited media outlets.
The National Union of Journalists last week released a statement on reports that a Labour thinktank investigated journalists.
The Society of Editors has, at the end of January, joined over 120 editors, lawyers, academics, journalists, publishers and civil society representatives to call on the Government to give parliamentary time to stamp out SLAPPs.
A cross-party group of legal & media experts - Lord Pannick, Lord Black, Baroness Kennedy and Baroness Cash - back amendment to Crime and Policing Bill.
The NUJ has joined the IFJ in calling for journalists to be allowed to operate freely and without intimidation in Venezuela.
The News Media Association has responded to the Government’s Statement of Progress and Copyright.
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