PCC chairman Lord Hunt promises summit with campaigners to find press reform consensus
Press Complaints Commission chairman Lord Hunt has promised to meet with campaign groups to achieve a “broad consensus” on the…
ByLeveson
Spectator editor Fraser Nelson already feeling effects of possible state intervention in the press
The editor of political magazine the Spectator says the prospect of state-underpinned regulation of the press is already having a…
ByIrish NUJ boss says ‘statutory underpinning’ of the press regulator does not equal ‘state control’
Chris Wheal is wrong to say that the statutory underpinning of the Press Council of Ireland was “imposed” by politicians…
By
Tories say Parliament must not ‘duck the challenge’ of reforming the press
Some 42 Conservative MPs and two Tory peers have signed a letter giving their support to the establishment of a…
By
Nick Clegg: ‘We must do everything to ensure that we maintain a free, raucous, independent press’
The findings of the Leveson Inquiry should be supported as long as they are "proportionate", Nick Clegg told MPs today.…
By
Poll: Who should regulate the press in the post-Leveson era?
With Lord Justice Leveson's report on press ethics now expected by the end of November, the debate over the future…
ByWhy the NUJ needs to ballot its members on the issue of press regulation
Chris Wheal is a freelance journalist and NUJ activist. He is chairman of the union's training committee and of its…
By
Reporting the reporters: Interviews with the journalists who covered Leveson
The Leveson Inquiry saw British journalism subject to unprecedented public scrutiny over 97 days of public hearings. Press Gazette asked…
By
