20 March 2000 – Roy Greenslade, Media Correspondent of The Guardian, has joined the PressWise crusade against the rabble-rousing tactics of the British tabloids in response to the influx of refugees from Eastern Europe. (See our RAM Project). Writing in … Continue reading
1 March 2000 – In the week that PressWise held a seminar for print and broadcast journalists about media coverage of children and violence, the Daily Mail was warning Middle England about the cost of catering for ‘a new flood … Continue reading
14 February 2000 Fakery, Hypocrisy and Public Trust in Journalism Media folk will not be too astounded by the allegations made in this week’s News of the World about the Roger Cook school of investigative journalism. The wheels came off … Continue reading
Bulletin No 4, 22 December 1999 1. Cases Recurring issues arise over newspaper report of inquests. Members of the public who find themselves involved in Coroners’ enquiries into the circumstances of the unexpected death of a loved one are often … Continue reading
Bulletin No 2, 29 November 1999 PressWise in at the start of the Oslo Challenge To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Norwegian Government and UNICEF launched the Oslo Challenge on … Continue reading