Regional journalist slams World Cup press access ‘shambles’
Plus: Newspaper changes name to mark tournament
Local journalists across the UK are striking blows for press freedom on a daily basis, whether by challenging wrongly-imposed reporting restrictions in court cases, tabling freedom of information requests to public bodies, or generally seeking to uncover information about how we are governed.
On this page you will find an index of all the stories we have carried about regional press newspapers, websites and journalists who have stood up for the public’s right to know.
Plus: Newspaper changes name to mark tournament
Authority withdraws legal bill bid
Newspaper challenged decision to keep identity secret
Editor takes on “absolute free-for-alls of misinformation”
Bill “rides roughshod” over journalistic protections
Authority followed through with injunction threat
Civil rights groups share press freedom fears
Newspaper was previously able to report disgraced PC’s name
Reporter urges editors to give staff an online “break”
PCC makes suggestion after force arrested three journalists
Prizes handed down at ceremony
Police claimed reporters held to “verify their credentials”
“Highly confidential” documents appeared on authority’s website
Barbershop’s complaint upheld by watchdog
Publishers urged to do more to protect female staff from violence
Editor gives backing and hits out at misogyny