6 March 2002 – The door to the last chance saloon is swinging in the breeze; under proposals published by the Lord Chancellor’s office, journalists and editors who agree to pay witnesses in criminal trials for their stories will be … Continue reading
Category Archives: Code of conduct
Goodbye to Lord Wakeham
1 February 2002 – The departure of Lord Wakeham from the chairmanship of the Press Complaints Commission in the wake of the Enron scandal is doubly significant. On the one hand it represents an all-too-rare example of an honourable and … Continue reading
A question of privacy
17 January 2002 – The latest adjudications to emerge from the Press Complaints Commission deserve careful scrutiny. Both concerned female television personalities who complained about press intrusion into their private lives, with the publication of salacious details. One was upheld, … Continue reading
Protecting an endangered species
14 December 2001 – As the death of eight journalists in Afghanistan has demonstrated all too clearly, war reporting is and always has been a dangerous business. It is therefore welcome news that 14 television companies and news agencies have … Continue reading
Azerbaijan gets draft code of ethics
18 December 2000 – Sponsored by the Thomson Foundation and the British Council, PressWise Associate Director Bill Norris travelled to Baku, Azerbaijan, last week to lead a seminar on ethics for local journalists. The outcome after lively debate was a … Continue reading
News of the World surrenders – and about time, too
5 August 2000 – Every reporter knows, or ought to know, that bad journalism has serious consequences. This basic fact of our trade, drummed into every young reporter, appears to have eluded Rebekah Wade, editor of the News of the … Continue reading
PCC finds Mirror editor guilty of code breach
11 May 2000 – Piers Morgan, editor of the Mirror, has now achieved the dubious distinction of being the first editor of a national newspaper to receive two slaps on the wrist from the Press Complaints Commission. The first, awarded … Continue reading