Neil Arun didn’t want to miss a rare but risky opportunity to embed with an Iraqi police unit, hunting members of al Qaeda. But his employers -- responsible for Neil’s security -- weren’t happy. This film by Richard Pendry nvestigates how a frontline journalist balances risk and reward.
The talk tomorrow on the Press Complaints Commission will be of use to anyone who has yet to take (and pass) the NCTJ Public Affairs exam (ie First Years and MA students). It will also be illuminating for second years who are this term considering questions of regulation and the debates about press excesses and limits on press freedom.
Can British newspaper journalism's watchpoodle, the PCC, grow to become a formidable and widely trusted provider of self-regulation in the public interest? I believe it must, and following last week's report by the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, The Independent asked me to write about it.