Journalists to be offered training and advice on stalking
Publisher’s safety editor to host session
Press Freedom
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.
MPs’ fake local papers ‘should not be regulated’, Government says
Ministers rule out action to tackle problem
Editor criticises police over Letby video ‘exclusive’ boast
PR team’s access not “something to shout about”
Daily refused right to name cop accused of abusing two women
Officer’s name kept secret by force
Tories accused of copyright breach after using local paper’s name
Independent publisher demands apology
Regional journalists banned from filming Rishi Sunak… or using the toilet
Reporters held for more than an hour on “baking” day
Electoral chiefs ‘powerless’ to stop Tory MP using defunct local paper’s name
Fresh examples of practice discovered across UK
Weekly accuses council of ‘Trumpian’ behaviour over FoI battle
Newspaper takes aim after emails kept secret
Judge doubles down on access refusal by questioning reporters’ attention spans
Legal chief claims remote coverage “too much of a burden” for him
Journalist slams judge who wrongly refused remote trial access
Reporter was accused of wasting court’s time
Journalist slams government bid to ‘dodge scrutiny’ over FoI refusal
Covid-19 documents withheld from publication
Watchdog raps daily for reporting coke dealer was supplying heroin
But complaint over reader comments dismissed
Daily wins fight to reveal £18bn secret – but faces further battle over issue
Local democracy reporter appeals to ICO
Tories make full U-turn on journalist conference fee plan
Regional journalists had been made exempt by party
Reporter slams ‘ridiculous’ decision to give car vandal lifetime anonymity
Judges gags press because of woman’s “medical issues”
Watchdog backs teacher who abused ex after daily’s court notes failure
Newspaper and convict disputed nature of charge