Chapter 2 Self-test questions

. The UK's newspapers, magazines and news websites are state regulated.

. What was the name of the judge who in 2011 was appointed to hold a public inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the UK press?

. What is the name of the new organisation that the public can go to if they want to make a complaint against a newspaper?

. The organisation which handles complaints against newspapers has the power to carry out what action against a member publisher which has breached the Editors' Code of Practice?

. The Editors Code of Practice has clauses to uphold the accuracy and protect people's '______'

. The Editors' Code of Practice forbids newspapers from publishing 'offensive' articles.

. Publishers who want to rely on the public interest exception to the Code need to demonstrate that they 'reasonably believed' publication, or journalistic activity ahead of publication, would be proportionate to the public interest. They should demonstrate an audit trail which shows how they came to this decision. What should this audit trail include?

. A 'fishing expedition' is a journalistic investigation not approved by the publication's editor

. A journalist MUST declare in a phone call with a source that they are a journalist or risk breaching the Editors' Code, unless a public interest exception applies.

. The Press Recognition Panel, formed in 2014 under the Royal Charter model of press regulation, recognised a regulator in October 2016 called _____.

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