Credit: Zselosz in Flickr. Some rights reserved News Hungary media law having 'chilling effect' on press freedom A mission of press freedom organisations to the country has warned that Hungary's controversial media law risks undermining both domestic and wider European press freedom By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: Tim Ireland/PA News Independent and Standard announce merger appointments Evening Standard editors will lead business coverage across Independent Print Ltd titles while Independent staff will head up sport By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
Credit: alancleaver_2000 on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Education Act introduces new reporting restrictions The Act, which industry figures called for amendments to, was given Royal Assent this week and states new rules for reporting allegations of offences made against teachers By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Coverage of Libyan conflict dominates Rory Peck Awards Films about Libya's eight-month revolution scoop news and features prizes at the annual freelance awards, while Libyan fixers are recognised by the Martin Adler Prize By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: BlaisOne on Flickr. Some rights reserved News AP chief warns staff over 'thoughtless' OWS tweets Kathleen Carroll, executive editor of the Associated Press, warns staff that tweeting about colleagues being detained at the clearance of the Occupy Wall Street could have caused more problems By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News PCC a 'self-serving gentleman's club', NUJ chief tells Leveson Michelle Stanistreet tells inquiry that the Press Complaints Commission and current system of self regulation has 'failed abysmally' By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News App of the week for journalists - 1st Video, to record and edit video on your iPhone or iPad An app that allows you to shoot video and edit in multitrack By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
Credit: Sean Dempsey/PA News NI: 'No guarantees' that hacking stopped after arrests Rhodri Davies QC tells Leveson inquiry that News International can't guarantee phone hacking didn't continue after arrest and imprisonment of Clive Goodman and Glenn Mulcaire By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
News Chief constable calls for code of ethics on press conduct Media advisor to Association of Chief Police Officers Andy Trotter raises concerns about 'general conduct of journalists at major incidents' By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Phone hacking: Tom Watson attacks BBC over coverage Labour MP, who sits on the parliamentary committee investigating phone hacking, accuses BBC political editor Nick Robinson of 'kissing Andy Coulson's arse' By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Patten: 'BBC phone-hacking coverage was not biased' Speaking ahead of the Leveson inquiry opening, BBC Trust chairman rebuts allegations of bias over phone hacking and says that the BBC is constrained by its political impartiality By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Editors deny crisis in press culture and call for stronger PCC Times editor James Harding tells Society of Editors conference there needs to be a 'prize for compliance and price for non-compliance' with independent regulator By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
