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Social Affairs Make a Difference

February 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Press

By Lalita Augustine (MA Student) Tanya Thompson, assistant news editor of The Scotsman, talked this week to the MA Multimedia Journalism class about what it takes to write and develop a social affairs story. Tanya was social affairs correspondent of The Scotsman for a decade, and also its senior news reporter, covering a huge variety [...]

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The Press Complaints Commission – time for a change?

February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Press, Regulation

By  Douglas Chalmers Westminster’s Culture, Media and Sports Committee has recommended a whole new range of powers for the Press Complaints Commission, following an investigation into press standards and libel in the United Kingdom, during which the chairman of the committee referred to the PCC as being seen to “lack credibility and authority“. Suggesting that [...]

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