William Hales A Level Media Blog

Who regulates British Print News? The independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) and IMPRESS currently regulates the Print News. The UK press regulation is monitored by the Leveson enquiry. This led to a new body called the Press Recognition Panel being set up in 2012. IPSO and IMPRESS were set up in 2016; IMPRESS was backed by the recognition panel. How do they hold newspapers to account? How does someone complain? Complaints can be filled on the IPSO website, with clear instructions on what you are able to complain about, and how to sort out problems. Issues accepted are under the Editor's Code of Practice. Complaints for IMPRESS can also be filled on their website. The problem will supposedly be fixed within 21 days of the complaint. You may ask for the complaint to be forwarded if urgent. What powers do they have? They have the power to regulate and monitor what is said in the papers, and if deemed necessary, have the ability to remove content from the papers, or the

News Worthiness Examples of sources of news: Print newspapers, TV news programmes, rolling news programmes, radio news broadcasts, newspaper websites, news apps, news alerts direct to your phone, Twitter - what’s trending, Facebook news feeds, Buzzfeed. Case Study The Times The Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror Proprietor: The Daily Mirror is part of the Trinity Mirror Editor: Lloyd Embley (From 2012 onwards) His Roles Includes having to: Ensuring that content is journalistically objective Fact checking, spelling, grammar, writing style, page design and photos Rejecting writing that appears to be plagiarized, ghost-written, published elsewhere, or of little interest to readers Evaluating and editing content Contributing editorial pieces Motivating and developing editorial staff Ensuring the final draft is complete Handling reader complaints and taking responsibility for issues after publication For books and journals, cross-checking citations and examining references Working to advance the commercial success of the publication] Position may involve recruiting, hiring and firing staff Advertising: To effectively maker money from advertisements, there is a higher price to get a story on the front and back pages. Throughout the paper column slots are sold

Licensing Act of 1662 "An Act for preventing the frequent Abuses in printing seditious treasonable and unlicensed Books and Pamphlets and for regulating of Printing and Printing Presses." Tax on newspapers 1711 The increasing popularity and influence of newspapers was problematic to the government of the day. The first bill in parliament advocating a tax on newspapers was proposed in 1711. The duty eventually imposed in 1712 was a halfpenny on papers of half a sheet or less and a penny on newspapers that ranged from half a sheet to a single sheet in size. The Observer The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its sister papers the Guardian and the Guardian Weekly , whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993, it takes a social liberal or social democratic line on most issues. First published in 17