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SoE complains about conference charges
The Society of Editors has written to the Conservative Party to oppose a flat fee for all journalists to attend its upcoming annual conference.
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Urgent action needed on SLAPPs, says SoE
Urgent reform is required to put an end to the practice of wealthy individuals and companies attempting to “avoid scrutiny and public criticism”.
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The Guardian publishes articles by Novaya Gazeta on Russia’s Victory Day
The Guardian, along with several other European media outlets, yesterday published articles from independent Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazeta.
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RSF’s 2022 World Press Freedom Index: a new era of polarisation
Reporters Without Borders this week published its annual World Press Freedom Index. The UK is ranked #24.
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Ukraine – winning the information war
Even before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the battle for hearts and minds had begun.
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Information commissioner is told Freedom of Information is “broken”
More than 100 newspaper editors, MPs, journalists, celebrities and campaigners signed a letter calling on John Edwards to fix FOI.
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SoE welcomes Chris Mullin court victory over source disclosure
The Society of Editors has welcomed the decision by a court to back journalist Chris Mullin in his fight against a police production order to disclose information that would reveal his sources.
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Guardian wins legal challenge over access to employment tribunal papers
Journalists should be provided with access to documents from employment tribunal cases even in the aftermath of a judgment, it has been ruled, after a successful legal challenge by the Guardian.
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NMA Welcomes Culture Secretary’s comments on Stronger Exemptions
The News Media Association has welcomed the commitments this week from the Culture Secretary to strengthen the exemption for news publishers’ content in the Online Safety Bill.
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Society backs government clampdown on use of SLAPPs
The Society of Editors has welcomed an announcement by the Ministry of Justice of the government’s commitment to clamp down on so-called Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs).
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Birmingham Six journalist hearing must be held in public, says SoE
The hearing to challenge the use of anti-terrorism legislation to force Chris Mullin to reveal confidential sources relating to his investigations into the IRA Birmingham pub bombings must not be held in private, the Society of Editors has warned.
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Society of Editors warns of “far-reaching implications”
Yesterday’s ruling by the UK Supreme Court that a person under criminal investigation has ‘a reasonable expectation’ of privacy prior to charge will have ‘far-reaching’ implications.
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Five Journalists Murdered in 2022: World’s Press Demands Action in Mexico
WAN-IFRA and the World Editors Forum have expressed outrage at the mounting death toll of journalists in Mexico following the February 10th murder in Oaxaca state of Heber López Vázquez.
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Hong Kong free press in dire straits as second news outlet closes
Hong Kong's Citizen News has announced it will close down, citing safety concerns for its reporters.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy news outlet raided by police
Hong Kong online pro-democracy outlet Stand News has been raided by hundreds of Hong Kong national security police, who arrested six people for “conspiracy to publish seditious publications”.
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