‘Pick up the phone’ is one of 26 fixes offered to police by Crime Reporters Association
The report asks forces to stage more unreportable briefings - and start picking up their phones again.
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Case dropped against press photographer after altercation with police officer at scene of fatal car fire
Barrister for Dimitris Legakis said case raised "legitimate questions about the freedom of the press".
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Met Police issues apology nearly ten years after detaining journalists at protest
One photographer was hit in the face in the lead-up to the detention of the journalists.
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News industry urges police to ‘break cycle of abuse’ against women in journalism
Four-point safety plan proposed for women journalists in the UK.
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Police ‘mounted surveillance op’ after journalists’ arrest in bid to find source
Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney are still finding out new allegations of police surveillance against them.
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Photographer receives police payout after Just Stop Oil protest arrest
Peter Macdiarmid was handcuffed at the M25 Clacket Lane Services in August 2022 and detained for hours.
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Police chief sacked for lying sues Northern Echo over phone-monitoring claim
Northern Echo article about scandal-hit Cleveland Police angers former chief constable.
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Failings in police-media relations exposed by Nicola Bulley review
Review says non-reportable background briefings could have been used effectively.
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