Russian anti-corruption journalist dies after ‘revenge attack’
The editor of a Russian newspaper called Corruption and Crime has died from head injuries. According to AP, police say…
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Mixed response from FoI campaigner to Brown reforms
The Campaign for Freedom of Information has welcomed some of Gordon Brown’s proposed changes to parliamentary transparency, including the cutting…
ByEthical debate sparked by BNP ads in Newsquest weeklies
With the European elections fast approaching a perennial ethical issue has cropped up again for local media – whether or…
ByFrank Branston questions suicide reporting in Bedford
Former proprietor of Bedfordshire on Sunday Frank Branston has taken his old paper to task over its reporting of the…
ByA privacy law will teach the press not to enquire
Ken Macdonald QC makes a strong case against the UK’s developing privacy law writing in The Times today. He says:…
ByEditor who sacrificed all for journalism is honoured
A journalist who has defied years of beatings, harassment, death threats and imprisonment has been awarded Amnesty International’s Special Award…
ByWidow of murdered Sri Lankan editor fears for life
The wife of murdered Sri Lankan newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunga is on the run and also fears for her safety,…
ByPlans to allow journalists into Gaza abandoned
Foreign journalists are still being kept out of Gaza after plans to allow reporters to enter were aborted, The Guardian…
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