Journalism Ethics and Regulation

Chris Frost is Professor and Head of Journalism at Liverpool John Moores University. Before moving into teaching, he worked in newspapers for more than twenty years as a journalist and editor. He is also the author of Reporting for Journalists and Designing for Newspapers and Magazines, a former president of the National Union of Journalists, and chairs the NUJ's Ethics Council.

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Acknowledgements  

Introduction  

The structure of the book   

1    What are ethics?

2    News: towards a definition  

3    Morality of reporting   

4    The good journalist   

5    Truth, accuracy, objectivity and trust  

6    Privacy and intrusion   

7    Reputation

8    Gathering the news

9    Reporting the vulnerable

  10    Deciding what to publish   

  11    Taste and decency; harm and offence  

  12    Professional practice  

  13    Regulation

  14    History of print regulation

  15    History of broadcast regulation

  16    Codes of conduct as a regulatory system  

  17    Press regulation systems in the UK and Ireland   

  18    Broadcast regulation systems in the UK and Ireland

  19    The experience abroad  

  20    The future  

Appendix 1 PCC Code of Practice

Appendix 2 NUJ Code of Conduct  

Appendix 3 Code of Practice for Press Council of Ireland  

Appendix 4 BBC Code of Ethics   

Appendix 5 International Federation of Journalists

Appendix 6 Ofcom Broadcasting Code

Appendix 7 TMAP Guidelines   

Appendix 8 Addresses for regulatory bodies  

Appendix 9 My ethics blog  

Appendix 10 Alliance of Independent Press Councils of Europe  

Glossary  

Bibliography

Index