Journalism Ethics and Regulation

Chris Frost is Professor of Journalism at Liverpool John Moores University. He is the author of Designing for Newspapers and Magazines (second edition, 2011) and Reporting for Journalists (second edition, 2010). Before moving into teaching, he worked in newspapers for more than twenty years as a journalist and editor. He is a former president of the National Union of Journalists, and chairs the NUJ's Ethics Council. He is also Chair of the Association for Journalism Education and a National Executive Council member of the NUJ.

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 new 9. Reporting the vulnerable 10. Deciding what to publish 11. Harm and offence 12. Professional practice 13. Regulation 14. History of print regulation in the 20th Century 15. History of Print Regulation in the 21st Century 16. History of broadcast regulation 17. Codes of conduct as a regulatory system 18. Press regulation systems in the UK and Ireland 19. Broadcast regulation systems in the UK and Ireland 20. The Internet and journalism ethics 21. The Experience Abroad Appendix 1: IPSO Editors’ 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: Ofcom Broadcasting Code Appendix 6: Broadcast Authority of Ireland code Appendix 7: International Federation of Journalists Appendix 8: SPJ Code of Ethics Appendix 9: Addresses for regulatory bodies Appendix 10: Alliance of Independent Press Councils of Europe