News Israel releases Palestinian Al Jazeera journalist Network's Kabul bureau chief Samer Allawi has been released after six-week detention. Allawi has reportedly confessed to links with Palestinian militant group Hamas By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Labour criticised over call for journalists to be 'struck off' Shadow culture secretary Ivan Lewis criticised after suggesting in party conference speech today that journalists guilty of 'gross malpractice' should be 'struck off' By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
News Orwell Prize will not pursue Hari over failure to return money Independent columnist Johann Hari, who has admitted plagiarism, has failed to return the £2,000 he won from the Orwell Prize in 2008 but won't be pursued over the money By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA News Mark Thompson backs PCC in wake of hacking scandal BBC director general says the current system of press self-regulation should 'not be dismissed out of hand' despite criticism over handling of the phone hacking scandal By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News BBC News wins top online journalism award Online Journalism Awards judges said the BBC's online news operation, which won a general excellence award, was a 'standard bearer pushing the whole field forward' By Joel Gunter • 4 min read
News Guardian to raise weekday price to £1.20 Monday will see the price of the daily edition rise 20p to £1.20 and the Saturday Guardian will rise 10p to £2.10 this weekend By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: NUJ News Newsquest North West staff begin strike over job cuts NUJ members have begun the first of two planned 24-hour strikes over five compulsory redundancies planned across titles in Cheshire and Merseyside By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
News Johann Hari admits plagiarism and returns Orwell Prize Award-winning Independent columnist will take a four-month leave of absence from the newspaper after admitting plagiarism and 'maliciously' editing Wikipedia entries under pseudonym By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
News Australia to hold media inquiry after UK phone hacking Communications minister says inquiry will not be 'an attack on News Ltd', News Corporation's Australian publishing arm By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
News TUC: Unions vote unanimously for 'conscience clause' Unions at the TUC conference in London have backed calls from the NUJ for a new legal clause to protect journalists who stand up against unethical practices By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: Yui Mok/PA News TUC: NUJ to call for support against far-right groups National Union of Journalists submits emergency motion to TUC conference over alleged attacks on the press by members of the English Defence League By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: PA News August ABCs: Mail on Sunday sales drop by 150,000 Sunday title sees 7 per cent dip despite continued circulation boosts for Sunday tabloids in the wake of the News of the World closure By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
