media relationships – Frontline Club

POSTPONED Trial by media: Is press coverage redefining justice?

Frontline Staff — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:00:00 +0000

The coverage of the Joanna Yeates’ murder investigation has again raised questions about contempt of court laws and the way the media appears to be pushing the boundaries of reporting restrictions.

While the banning of ITV journalists at a police press conference during the investigation into the murder reflects tensions between the police and the media, the News International phone hacking scandal raises questions about the working relationship between the police and the tabloid press in particular.

What impact is rolling news and the blanket coverage of some murder investigations having on our justice system? And what impact are social media having – not only in terms of increasing public scrutiny of the police but also the recent decisions to allow journalists to use Twitter to report from the court room?

Join as at Frontline Club for a lively debate on these issues, and the partnership between the police and the media.

With:

Andrew Trotter OBE QPM, Chief Constable, British Transport Police and chair of ACPO Communications Advisory Group;

Additional panelists to be confirmed.

This event is in association with the BBC College of Journalism

Picture credit: Adrien Lebrun

On the Media: WikiLeaks – Holding up a mirror to journalism?

Millicent Teasdale — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:00:00 +0000

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Throughout 2010 whistleblower website WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange were making headlines with the release of classified documents. Both the leaks and the controversy surrounding Assange have been covered extensively by the media.

For the first On the Media discussion of the year we are going to be putting the spotlight on the media and asking what the WikiLeaks operation and the media coverage of it tells us about the press.

How have journalists responded to this new kid on the block? The future will no doubt see the emergence of similar organisations, but what impact will this have on the culture of journalism? How will the media adapt and how will this currently uncomfortable relationship develop?

Chaired by Richard Gizbert, presenter of The Listening Post on Al Jazeera English.

David Aaronovitch, writer, broadcaster, commentator and regular columnist for The Times;

Mark Stephens, media lawyer with Finers Stephens Innocent and Julian Assange’s solicitor;

Ian Katz, deputy editor of the Guardian;

Gavin MacFayden, director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism.

In association with the BBC College of Journalism.