Defining Freedom of the Press

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IPSO receives complaints from the public about Mary Wakefield's piece for The Spectator, on Dominic Cumming's travel in country. // #NewsworkEthics //

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The Financial Times suspends a journalist for listening in via Zoom to staff meetings for the @EveningStandard and @Independent, a clear breach of the @FinancialTimes code of conduct. // #NewsworkEthics //

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National print sales of newspapers are reduced by 30% due to the coronavirus pandemic. // #Newswork //

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"With half of all local commercial radio stations in the UK now owned by three companies, and national programmes increasingly replacing regional ones, the future of truly local radio is looking uncertain." // #Newswork

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Younger viewers are watching public broadcasters less, according to Ofcom. // #Newswork //

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"Ministers snub proposals to fund public-interest reporting" // #Newswork, #FreePress //

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"Eminent QC appointed as IPSO Chairman". // #Newswork

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"Vladimir Putin has signed a law that will allow Russia to declare journalists and bloggers as “foreign agents” in a move critics say will allow the Kremlin to target government critics." // #Newswork, #FreePress //

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Nigerian journalist F. Soyombo goes into hiding amid government crackdown on investigative journalism: “It is an irony that a president and state governors who ascended to power via the polls can suddenly not tolerate dissent". // #Newswork, #FreePress // https://t.co/JC4IZ4B1ov

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India strips nationality from journalist @AatishTaseer, who holds dual nationality with the UK, for being critical of Prime Minister Modi. // #Newswork, #FreePress // https://t.co/tLdrnOmxGy

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Chinese journalists are to be tested on their knowledge of "Xi Jinping Thought". Anonymous reporter: "Western media may be able to report on anything they want, but they also still pay attention to the ideology of their countries." // #Newswork //

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"Report says UK should consider sanctions against political actors targeting journalists". // #Newswork, #FreePress, #MediaFreedom //

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Journalists will not be forced to hand over their notes on the Shamima Begum case. // #Newswork, #FreePress // https://t.co/z6kdjLM3q0

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Attacks from the far right on journalists contributes to "surge in violent extremism against journalists and media workers", according to the @NUJofficial. // #Newswork, #FreePress //

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A different free press story: "Press can compare parrots to psychopaths" according to IPSO // #Newswork //

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President Trump jokes with President Putin that journalists should be "gotten rid of" at the 2019 G20 summit. // #Newswork, #FreePress // https://t.co/gcNbiz0SnX

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People are concerned about misinformation but are unwilling to pay for quality journalism, according to this year's Digital News Report. // #Newswork

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The report for the Cairncross Review was published today-- including a contribution from the project's very own Dr Julie Firmstone! // #Newswork, #Cairncross, #CairncrossReview // https://t.co/D8I15ReTrq

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The Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill was debated yesterday. It could provide access to journalists' emails, making it a threat to press freedom and journalism safety. @RSF_inter, @IndexCensorship, @englishpen have voiced concerns. // #Newswork // https://t.co/CuhzVepydD

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"Visitors to Mail Online who use Microsoft Edge can now see a statement asserting that 'this website generally fails to maintain basic standards of accuracy and accountability'..." // #Newswork, #NewsworkEthics // https://t.co/KMeSDaQVBs