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
News More than 50 Trinity Mirror jobs under threat in Midlands Restructure will see up to 43 editorial jobs lost along with a production merger between Birmingham and Coventry titles and closure of three free weekly newspapers By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Confidence in press in 'state of crisis', Ken Clarke warns Justice secretary tells Society of Editors conference the industry must seek a 'balanced response' to crisis in public confidence By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Editors urged to act to avoid statutory regulation 'back-up' Editors warned they must assist in independent self-regulation or face 'statutory back-up' as 'PCC Two' debated at Society of Editors conference By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Patten backs self-regulation ahead of Leveson inquiry Speaking ahead of the start of the Leveson inquiry today, BBC Trust chairman suggests form of Hippocratic Oath for journalists to enhance self-regulation By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Leveson: Mulcaire notes implicate Sun and Mirror Leveson inquiry reveals that names found among notes of private investigator Glenn Mulcaire include the Sun and the Daily Mirror and 28 different individuals from News International By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
News Rusbridger calls for new PCC with say in libel cases Guardian editor suggests new 'one-stop shop' regulatory body with the power to mediate libel and privacy disputes By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
Credit: Tim Ireland/PA News NUJ warns of strike over Independent and Standard cuts Union claims 20 jobs are at risk within Independent Print Ltd as the Independent and Evening Standard plan merger of departments By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Police Review News Police Review magazine to close after 118 years Police trade title and associated products will close this month, with the publisher pledging to find new jobs for eight staff at risk of redundancy By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
News Orwell Prize opens to entries for 2012 Brian Cathcart and Ian Hargreaves named as judges of the journalism prize, one of three prizes offered in the annual awards By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News James Murdoch: Myler and Crone 'misled' committee Appearing before the culture select committee Murdoch says he disputes the accounts given by former executives and insists he was not shown evidence of potentially widespread hacking By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
