Rebekah Brooks faces the Leveson Inquiry

Rebekah Brooks appears at the Leveson inquiry (photo: screen grab)

Media monitor, May 11: Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News International is facing the Leveson Inquiry today. The Guardian provide a live stream and commentary of the day Read more »

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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 »

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Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers told of a 'network of corrupt officials' (Photo: Leveson inquiry)

The Sun had ‘culture of illegal payments,’ Leveson Inquiry told

The day after Rupert Murdoch launched a new Sunday edition of The Sun, Sue Akers, the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, detailed ‘a culture at The Sun of illegal payments’ Read more »

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Sienna Miller

The theatrics of Leveson must not distract from the central issue

The question of press regulation is a live one, but as News International takes to the stand the theatrics of star testimony should not distract from the critical issues under investigation Read more »

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The Journalism Foundation media monitor, 10 January 2012

Editors give evidence at the Leveson Inquiry this week. Keep up to date with developments on the Hacked Off live blog. Read our daily round-up of media news and developments Read more »

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The Journalism Foundation media monitor, 5 January 2012

“It would be churlish not to recognize the enormous, and crucial role played the Daily Mail in securing convictions for the murder of Stephen Lawrence” says Roy Greenslade Read more »

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The McCanns at the Leveson Inquiry

A foundation for the future of journalism

With the Leveson Inquiry in full swing, the reputation of the press has never been lower. Yet the importance of holding to account those who wield power has never been greater. Enter The Journalism Foundation – a new organisation dedicated to promoting free and fair reporting around the world, writes Simon Kelner Read more »

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Evgeny Lebedev

A free press is of inestimable value

In a recent radio interview, I was asked what my father, a former KGB agent, could teach us in Britain about a free press. The answer is: everything, writes Evgeny Lebedev Read more »

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Tunisian revolution

A new dawn: media training in post-revolutionary Tunisia

In association with City University London, The Journalism Foundation visited Tunis last week to begin work on a media training course for journalists in post-revolutionary Tunisia Read more »

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