The final episode in the series concludes with a look at the more practical and common sense aspects of reporting on court proceedings..

This 30th episode is our final look at media ethics for the time being but from the perspective of OFCOM - the Office for Communications. There is, however, a surreal twist...because the interview was conducted using artificial intelligence - in this case, ChatGPT impersonating an Elvis Presley impersonator...Why? Well all will become clear when you listen to the episode...but be warned, this may be one of the worst Elvis Presley impersonations you are ever likely to hear...ever.

This episode continues the overview of ethics with a look at IPSO - the Independent Press Standards Organisation - and a discussion of what it does with its Head of Complaints, Emily Houlston-Jones.

This episode features an interview with Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana, the Chief Executive of the Independent Monitor of the Press - better known as IMPRESS. Here she outlines the work of IMPRESS and how it seeks to support its members to navigate the challenges of ethical journalism and promote good practice.

Note: During the discussion, there is a reference to the term SLAPPs - a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. This is a type of legal action aimed at preventing lawful investigation into a matter of public interest.

This is the first of a series of episodes focusing on media ethics with an introduction centred around an interview with Professor Chris Frost, the leading authority on journalism ethics in the UK. Here he outlines what ethics is, why they matter in journalism and some of the key ethical challenges facing journalists and content creators in the contemporary media environment.

An overview of Copyright - what it is and why it is so important for journalists to understand and anyone else for that matter who uses information they have not created themselves.

This episode outlines the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoI), why it is useful for journalists and anyone else for that matter, seeking to obtain information from a public body and how to go about making a request for such information under the act.

An outline of what data protection is, its relationship to privacy and how the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) fits in to all of this.

An examination of privacy injunctions and more landmark cases and their shaping of our understanding of Privacy under English Law.

This episode outlines and briefly examines specific ‘landmark’ cases charting the way the law on privacy has both developed and changed over the past two decades and further explore what is meant by breach of confidence.