Principles and ethics
Campaign for Press Freedom Never Stops These include the global association, WAN-IFRA, the London-based News Media Coalition and the local organisation, Right To Know, which embraces TV and radio news...
View ArticleObama fails on press freedoms
The Obama government is no closer to a transparent relationship with journalists than the Bush administration was, says a new report released on US press freedoms last week. The report, prepared by the...
View ArticleCharter to disaster
The proposed draft Royal Charter on press regulation in the United Kingdom has been denounced around the world, with some editors and politicians urging a boycott of the proposed charter on the basis...
View ArticleDigital privacy debate risks press freedom
The digital privacy debate risks reducing press freedom in Australia, The Newspaper Works has warned. Unwarranted restrictions on journalism are a possible outcome of digital privacy reforms being...
View ArticleBehind the ‘fair use’ battle
A refusal by international sporting administrators to accept fair use provisions of Australian and New Zealand law and copyright has cast a dark shadow over the coverage of major sports and other...
View ArticlePublishers back calls for metadata law review
Comments by Australian Press Council chairman David Weisbrot in support of a review of the federal government’s metadata laws have won backing from major publishers. Prof Weisbrot said the metadata...
View ArticleASIO Act changes ‘leave press freedom at risk’
The Australian government’s proposed changes to 35P of the ASIO Act will do little to protect press freedoms and needs a public interest safeguard, according to Griffith University academic Dr Kieran...
View ArticlePress Council establishes Press Freedom Medal
A new annual award that recognises journalists, legal professionals and advocates of press freedom has been established by the Australian Press Council. The inaugural Press Freedom Medal will be...
View ArticleGlobal: Press freedom violations up 14 per cent
The 2016 World Press Freedom Index reveals a “deep and disturbing decline in respect for media freedom”, with global press freedom violations up 14 per cent in the past three years. The index, prepared...
View ArticleFairfax wins Olympics legal battle, but the war may not be over
Group executive editor of Fairfax NZ Sinead Boucher says it is “a great day for press freedom” . The legal battle over Fairfax Media NZ’s use of third-party Olympics video footage may be far from over,...
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