by admin | Aug 4, 2011 | Campaigns, media freedom, Press
On 26 July I spoke at a meeting on Murdoch organised by NUJ members and supported by the Defend the Right to Protest (DtRtP), at Conway Hall, London. Main speakers included Tony Benn, Michelle Stanistreet (NUJ general secretary) and Matt Foot, campaigning lawyer and...
by admin | Jul 17, 2011 | BBC, Campaigns, international, media freedom, nuj, Press
On 30 June, I was demonstrating outside the Department of Culture Media and Sport offices, just off Trafalgar Square in London. There was a general feeling that it was only a matter of time before Jeremy Hunt MP would waive through the takeover of BSkyB by News...
by admin | May 7, 2011 | international, Press
‘A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.’ Attributed to Mark Twain It’s a good job that the US does not run its military operation against Osama bin Laden like its running its news management of the event. Since Sunday’s...
by admin | Jan 29, 2011 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, Press
Last week’s meeting of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) held in Brussels we spent some time discussing the situation in Hungary following the introduction of controversial new media laws, which will seriously restrict the right to report and media freedom....
by admin | Dec 30, 2010 | Press
The current issue of the London Review of Books (vol 32 no. 24) contains an excellent article by John Lanchester on the future of the newspaper industry. It’s wide ranging and well researched piece and should be compulsory reading for those of us who are concerned...
by admin | Oct 5, 2010 | international, Press
Please take a minute and sign the e-card to Turkey ’s Prime Minister by clicking this link. http://www.ifj.org/en/pages/set-turkish-journalists-free Journalists currently in jail in Turkey must be set free immediately, says the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)...
