This is a talk given by Angela Phillips at an event called 'After Leveson: is citizen journalism the answer?' The event was held by Citizen Journalism Educational Trust on Saturday 8 June. Angela is our Ethics Chair and the editor-in-chief of Goldsmiths-based London news website EastLondonLines. Can we start by getting rid of the title: Citizen Journalism? Journalists are … [Read more...]
Press gobbles up the carrots but runs away from the sticks
Press gobbles up the carrots but runs away from the sticks The Defamation Bill is in danger of being lost. The person responsible for this is David Cameron. The Bill, which has been under consideration for three years now, is a vital reform which would remove many of the legal constraints on press freedom that are currently suffered by genuine investigative journalists. … [Read more...]
What can we learn from press regulation overseas?
Forget Iran, China, Russia or Zimbabwe. Rather than warning of the consequences should Britain adopt a “Stalinist-style state regulation” (The Sun, November 6), we could do well to compare ourselves to other countries abroad – that actually have a free press. Common ground In a whistle-stop European tour, Reuters Institute visiting fellow Lara Fielden compiled material from 6 … [Read more...]