BBC consultation on Over-75s licences: Government should fund its own welfare policy

Leveson Report report: does the sentence fit the crime?

The publication of the Leveson Report has only made the debate over its proposals more intense. Media Reform’s Des Freedman scopes out the battle-lines and asks if Leveson goes far enough.

Response to Leveson from ethics chair, Angela Phillips

In an article posted on journalism.co.uk, Angela Phillips, chair of the Media Reform ethics committee, writes about how the Leveson…..

Our preliminary statement on the Leveson Report

Here’s our preliminary statement on the Leveson Report released today. Media Reform welcomes the Leveson report, much of which is…..

NUJ head Michelle Stanistreet on independent regulation

This is a message from Michelle Stanistreet, the General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists, which was sent this…..

What can we learn from press regulation overseas?

The outcome of the Leveson Inquiry will require a new constitutional design for press regulation. Reform has the potential to transform the newsroom culture that bred pervasive phone hacking, while securing freedom of expression and the press. But how do they do it abroad?

Russia, China, Syria…where will Leveson lead us next?

As the publication of the Leveson Report looms, it’s natural to compare the British press with that of other countries……

Would independent regulation have “shackled” the press?

We wouldn’t want to shackle the press. Not us. So when, over the weekend, the Free Speech Network asked: “If…..

Our ethics chair, Angela Phillips, talks levies and Leveson

Angela Phillips, our ethics committee chair, has been interviewed by the free knowledge base Pod Academy to get the story…..

Press regulation is about protecting the powerless

On Thursday 22, Fraser Nelson, the editor of the Spectator, wrote a piece on the Telegraph calling on the Prime…..

Freedom of expression argument should not be misused

Padraig Reidy’s piece in the New Statesman today , claiming that self-regulation of the press is the only way to…..

The BBC: Is This the Corporation’s Hacking Crisis?

Media Reform Coalition chair Des Freedman asks how the recent crisis at Newsnight relates to the hacking scandal which precipitated…..

Who is talking about statutory CONTROL of the Press?

Mike Jempson, Director of The MediaWise Trust and Vice Chair NUJ Ethics Council, looks at recent press coverage in the…..

The Free Speech Network: Corporate media close ranks

The Free Speech Network has emerged as a megaphone in defence of the status quo of media regulation. Its arguments…..

Monopoly ownership is bad for democracy

We all know that it wasn’t just the impunity from the lack of a proper press complaints system that led…..

Communications White Paper: The Deregulation Bandwagon is on the Road

Des Freedman from Goldsmiths, University of London, responds to DCMS’ Comms Review seminar arguing that the consultation runs the risk of cementing deregulation as the preferred policy approach.

Regulation: The plans explained

Ahead of her appearance before Lord Leveson with James Curran, Angela Phillips offers an outline of the proposals for press regulation currently on the table.

Media Reform witnesses to appear at the Leveson Inquiry

James Curran and Angela Phillips will be giving testimony to Lord Leveson this Friday 13th July at 10am.

Ed Miliband and John Major call for ownership caps in line with Media Reform proposals

Yesterday Ed Miliband and John Major both called for new ownership caps to be applied to the media. John Major…..

Has Leveson thrown in the towel?

Damian Tambini wonders whether media watchers will look back on May 2012 as the month in which Leveson made two fateful moves to narrow the remit of his Inquiry

A Regulated Free Press – Compromise or Contradiction?

Angela Phillips takes on Lord Hunt over Media Reform proposals for press regulation. She calls for the establishment of a News Publishing Commission, run by representatives of civil society organisations and journalists, which “embraces the internet, protects real journalism from the pressures exerted by power and recognises that freedom of speech belongs not just to proprietors and editors but to everyone.”

James Curran’s Rally Speech

We have just heard very moving, eloquent testimonies about press abuse. However, the problem is not only that newspapers can…..