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Media regulation: Carnegie recommends voluntary regulator
Carnegie UK have published Blair Jenkins’ report on Better Journalism in the Digital Age (report, summary pdfs). The report calls for a voluntary regulation regime, with strong incentives for joining, such as easier press accreditation or possibly labelling schemes. A … Continue reading
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Tagged carnegie, Carnegie UK, Journalism, Leveson Inquiry, Media, Press Complaints Commission, regulation
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Media Regulation: Case for a Press Ombudsman
I resume this post on press regulation warily [the first part is here]. After all, no less an authority than the editor of the Daily Mirror informed Lord Leveson’s enquiry that bloggers are cowboys. Perhaps, instead of sharing ideas we … Continue reading
Media regulation. December roundtable. Personal view
In December I had the pleasure of chairing a Democratic Society debate on media regulation. Contributors were Kevin Anderson, Kathryn Corrick, Douglas White, and Anthony Zacharzewski. This is part of a series of events, including future discussions, blogs and online debates, … Continue reading
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Tagged Leveson Inquiry, News International, news of the world, Press Complaints Commission
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Media regulation project: first meeting
Happy New Year to everyone. Just before the Christmas break, we kicked off our media regulation project with a discussion session in London. Kathryn Corrick, Kevin Anderson, Douglas White from Carnegie UK, and Anthony from Demsoc took part, and the … Continue reading
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Tagged carnegie, Journalism, leveson, Media, media regulation
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Media regulation and democracy project
It may be almost Christmas but we’re still hard at work, and this week we’re kicking off a new project on media regulation and democracy, leading to an event in late February/early March. We’re working with the Carnegie UK Trust, … Continue reading
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Tagged Democracy, Journalism, leveson, Media, media regulation, news of the world
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Media regulation: Members of the Fourth Estate are not exempt from the law
This post is part of our media regulation project, and comes from Charman-Anderson.com. After the phone- and email-hacking and the illegal payments to police and other public officials scandal currently engulfing the British press the key question is, What needs to … Continue reading →