Why the Impress Project wants to talk about press regulation

The newspaper owners behind Ipso are ignoring the public, so we need to think about building a robust, independent regulatorWhen I was seven years old I launched my own newspaper. For several days I laid bare hypocrisy and corruption in our small Yorkshire village. Publication lapsed when the new edition of the Beano arrived. Years later, I got my first job with a real newspaper. I loved it – the energy, the camaraderie, the jargon. I was delighted to find that production editors still talk about going "off stone" when they go to print, just as the first publishers did in the 15th century.The old talk of stones and presses is dying as new technology transforms the media landscape. Yet the core function of journalism remains, whether it comes in a weekly bundle or a live feed: to entertain and inform, build our communities and speak truth to power.Newspapers play a unique role in society. But that doesn't mean there are no rules. The ethical standards which distinguish journalism from tittle-tattle or malicious gossip are set out clearly in the editors' code. It's because journalism has the public interest at its heart that we allow the press to regulate itself. But this is not a one-way street. The public expect something in return – respect.Since Lord Justice Leveson published his report last November, the public have echoed his call for a truly independent regulator which would deal robustly with code breaches and provide access to justice through an arbitration scheme.... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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