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Operation Motorman - don't let it get away
DATELINE: 23/5/12
On 12 March 2012, Hacked Off launched a campaign to "Lift the Lid on Motorman" http://hackinginquiry.org/comment/leveson-time-to-lift-the-lid-on-motorman/ At the end of March 2012, the Independent revealed that Fleet Street newspapers paid more than £1m to engage the services of a private investigator to access the personal information of the subjects of their stories. So far Leveson has refused to publish the Operation Motorman files.
Leveson Inquiry: Tories 'did not want to regulate press'
DATELINE: 23/5/12
The 1990s Tory government wanted to avoid statutory regulation of the press, the Leveson Inquiry has heard. Former Heritage Secretary Stephen Dorrell told the inquiry into press ethics he also explored ways of "doing nothing" about proposed privacy laws. He also told the inquiry it was wrong for ministers to ignore press coverage - or for policy to be determined by it.
Tell your local papers: Cover Bradley Manning's pre-trial hearing, 6 June
DATELINE: 21/5/12
Hundreds of people have already contacted their local newspapers to request coverage of Bradley Manning's June 6th pre-trial hearing this past weekend alone. Now we need your help to get coverage of Bradley Manning's next pre-trial hearing in your local newspapers, too.
Communications green paper delayed while Jeremy Hunt deals with Leveson
DATELINE: 18/5/12
The planned publication of a communications green paper has been put on hold until after Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, has given evidence to the Leveson inquiry and dealt with accusations that he favoured News Corporation in its negotiations to buy all of BSkyB. Those close to Hunt's Department for Culture, Media and Sport say the communications green paper, which will set out the government's initial policy thinking in areas as diverse as internet piracy, public service broadcasting and spectrum allocation, has largely been written but is now unlikely to be published until autumn at the earliest.
Dale Farm: broadcasters do not have to reveal eviction footage, court rule
DATELINE: 17/5/12
The high court has ruled that news broadcasters including the BBC and Sky News do not have to hand over footage of the Dale Farm eviction to police. In a ruling handed down at the high court this morning, Mr Justice Eady said broadcasters did not have to disclose unbroadcast footage of the eviction to the police.The judge said that the police need clear evidence of criminality when applying for production orders against the media.
Alastair Campbell at Leveson: great theatre Mr Jay, shame about the questions
DATELINE: 15/5/12
Alastair Campbell has rarely missed an opportunity to launch a demolition job on journalism and in the second round of his evidence to the Leveson Inquiry he was given free rein to go back onto the attack: he claimed David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband were all getting "disproportionately whacked" by the press in retaliation for having given their backing to Lord Justice Leveson's investigation into media ethics.
Other recent stories
Phone-hacking police charge Rebekah Brooks
Brooks at Leveson: an insight into how the Sun exploited the political endorsement of the Murdoch press
Coulson at Leveson: a former spin doctor's master class in closing down unhelpful questions
Cameron puts brakes on his planned reform of lobbying
New Defamation Bill welcomed by Index
It's not just about Murdoch - the whole system needs fixing
New Podcast: post Murdoch where is Leveson Inquiry going?
US Newspaper Circulations on the Rise
NUJ responds to Murdoch's evidence at the Leveson Inquiry
Press Freedom: a democratic rubric
Mosley sues Google over sex video access
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Notices
Notices
Media, Power and the Public
DATELINE: 23/5/12
6.00pm Wednesday 13 June.
'What kind of power? Media reform and the spectre of democracy' Dan Hind.
'Renewing the public interest' Professor Natalie Fenton.
6.00pm Tuesday 26 June.
'Can the media be co-operative?' Dave Boyle (Co-operatives UK).
All meetings are open to all and take place at the Centre for Creative Collaboration, 16 Acton Street, Kings Cross, London WC1X 9NG.
Seminar Series organised by the CCMR with Hacked Off
Bigger than Wimbledon? Make a note in your diary for the 2012 CPBF AGM
DATELINE: 2/4/12
Saturday 7 July 10.00am (registration from 9.30am)NUJ HQ 308 Gray's Inn Road, Kings Cross, London WC1.Election of new CPBF national council, report on activities, CPBF at Leveson and much more....to be followed by a discussion 'What happens after Leveson'. Speakers to be announced.
Leveson After Murdoch
DATELINE: 8/5/12
In their evidence to the Leveson Inquiry, Rupert and James Murdoch left more questions unanswered than resolved... but their testimony was definitely a telling curtain raiser to the forthcoming appearances before Lord Justice Leveson of past and present Prime Ministers and ministers.
DOWNLOAD FREEPRESS NOW
DATELINE: 26/3/10
Download PDFs of Freepress here.
MEDIA FOR ALL CONFERENCE
DATELINE: 26/3/10
Papers from the Media for All Conference
MEDIA MANIFESTO
DATELINE: 26/3/10
The media’s job is to inform and entertain us but we rely on them too to tell us what our rulers and representatives are up to. In the run-up to the Iraq war the government used spin and disinformation in the media to create panic and mislead people. The truth is coming out now, but we need stronger, more independent media to be able to scrutinise governments and make informed choices.
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Random Links
Links
International Network for Cultural Diversity
europa: 'an internet site covering Europe as a common area of freedom, security and justice' - web site of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Justice and Home Affairs
ideosphere: non-profit media consultancy (sweden)
stop war web site
media workers against the war
european journalism centre
working for change (US)
NUJ Brussels branch
new internationalist online
media reform - us-based campaigning group also known as Free Press
medialens: the real news from the US
send e-mail to altmedia (you have to subscribe first)
International News Safety Institute
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Public Voice, a voluntary sector coalition campaigning on citizens' interests in communications.
One World TV
Liberty's 'yourrights' online provides information and access to advice on human rights issues such as free expression and privacy as well as information on the specific rights of various individuals and groups.
NUJ New Media industrial council
the memory hole
wordpower: books to change our world
International Women's Media Foundation - US based organisation aimed at increasing women's participation in the media.
Schnews - weekly newsletter from: Justice? Brighton's Direct Action Collective
red pepper - campaigning journal & web site
kurdishmedia.com
al jazeera
British Helsinki Human Rights Group
sp media watch
allmediascotland - a directory and portal for the scottish media industry
global village cat - access TV worldwide
undercurrents (for the news you don't see on the news)
cris - the campaign for communication rights in the information society
notwar.net - quirky international peace group with details of hundreds of campaigning peace groups
columbia journalism review
bad subjects: political education for everyday life - from the University of California at Berkeley
community media association
british journalism review
national union of journalists (UK & Ireland)
vertigo - independent UK film magazine
media watch mailing list
presswise
Index on Censorship - international campaign for free expression, based on publication and website
alter-eu - The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation
pr watch's 'spin of the day'
Disinformation - US site combining analysis, rumour, paranoia and alternative lifestyles.
Middle East Media Guide
media alliance (US)
Corporate Europe Observatory: CEO is a European-based research and campaign group targeting the threats to democracy, equity, social justice and the environment posed by the economic and political power of corporations and their lobby groups.
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