Reflections on the election from a journalism student

Our detractors attack anything about us except our ideas

With first the Telegraph and now the Times launching substance-free wink-nudge coverage of the Media Reform Coalition, we can say…..

This press barons’ charter is neither independent nor fair

Today the rulers of Fleet Street have thumbed their nose at four months of negotiations, campaigns and public protests to…..

Blogs are to be exempted now – but does the new wording work?

The Government, responding to urgent approaches from Media Reform and others, has confirmed that the cost benefits available to those…..

No, Andrew Gilligan, we do not want content regulation

Have you heard? The Media Reform Coalition is part of a plot by the European Union to take control of…..

DCMS stakeholder meeting report

Last Thursday, April 11th, the Media Reform Coalition were invited to take part in one of three stakeholder discussions at…..

Results of our consultation on the new Crime and Courts Bill, updated

Today Media Reform is releasing the results of our consultation on press regulation for bloggers. [UPDATE: these results now incorporate…..

Proposal to neuter Defamation Bill would wreck the Leveson balance

Since January we’ve been fighting against the desire of the press to get libel reform without independent regulation. But regulation…..

Letter to the Sunday Telegraph in response to an attack

On March 31 Andrew Gilligan devoted two pages in The Sunday Telegraph to attacking the campaign to reform the press……

Consultation for bloggers on the new Crime and Courts Bill

Today Media Reform is launching a consultation for small publishers, online bloggers and journalists to speak up on the new…..

Blogs & regulation: where we stand, and what must change

Media Reform has been meeting with bloggers and legal advisors to determine where they stand in relation to the new…..

The NUJ and Internaware’s advice on unpaid internships

By Carolina Are Representatives from the National Union of Journalists and Internaware took part in an advice panel on unpaid…..

Let’s ensure that cool heads prevail in the debate over blogs

At last the government is taking the flaws in its Royal Charter seriously. If only the press was doing the…..

One million signatures to protect Europe’s media from ownership concentration

By Carolina Are A group of media experts and activists met in the House of Lords last Thursday for the…..

It’s not hard to protect the small press from courts

The New Statesman has just announced it will be boycotting the new press regulator because new provisions for exemplary damages…..

A Historic Moment? Leveson and Accountability Spectacle

By Justin Schlosberg The political furore surrounding the late night-deal over press regulation announced this week would have The Thick…..

Let‘s move on from brutish journalism, and rebuild trust

by Mike Jempson If the press think they have been dealt a bad hand by the Royal Charter, they have…..

This Was Your Leveson: a reflection on recent months

So here we are. The United Kingdom will now have some kind of statute-backed independent self-regulation thing – presuming the press…..

Leveson vs the bloggers: how to make regulation work for everyone

First, they came for the tabloids; then, they came for Guido Fawkes; will they come for the bloggers next?

Victory, or ‘Leveson lite’? Our experts respond

Today the prospect of a Parliamentary game of chicken over a fair and independent regulator for the press has been…..

This semi-statutory compromise is a good first step

Today’s deal on the Leveson reforms should provide a regulator strong enough to protect the press from its own worst instincts.

A tale of two charters

Last Thursday, Cameron walked out of cross-party talks on Leveson and announced a vote on Monday on the Royal Charter…..