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World Press Freedom Day: Research finds one journalist killed every week
Research published to coincide with World Press Freedom Day by Reporters Without Borders shows that one journalist is killed somewhere in the world every week Read more »
David Cameron to answer questions over Jeremy Hunt
The prime minister David Cameron is under pressure to explain why he has failed to open an inquiry into whether culture secretary Jeremy Hunt was in breach of ministerial code Read more »
Rupert Murdoch: News of the World covered up hacking
Rupert Murdoch returns to the Leveson Inquiry this morning to be questioned over phone hacking, Milly Dowler, his links to culture secretary Jeremy Hunt and his relationship with his senior executives Read more »
Channel 4 journalists arrested and deported from Bahrain
Media monitor, April 23: A Channel 4 News crew has been deported from Bahrain after they were arrested while covering the politically controversial Formula One grand prix Read more »
Local website Pits n Pots relaunches in Stoke
The Journalism Foundation relaunched the local website Pits n Pots last month. At a party in Stoke-on-Trent Simon Kelner said The Journalism Foundation was proud to support the political website Read more »
Google project aims to kick-start new journalism initiatives
A project funded by Google is offering news entrepreneurs an intensive workshop to kick-start their journalism initiatives. MADE:UK hopes to attract up to 30 applicants from across Europe Read more »
Fears of jobs losses as five Johnston Press dailies go weekly
The National Union of Journalists fears ‘a massacre of journalists’ jobs’ at Johnston Press after the publisher announced that it is converting five of its daily newspapers into weekly publications Read more »
Twitter denies reports of 55,000 hacked accounts
Hackers said to be affiliated with the ‘hacktivist’ group Anonymous claimed this week to have accessed and published the details of 55,000 Twitter accounts Read more »