Tom and Paul talk about the granting of charitable status to the Public Interest News Foundation with its founder, Jonathan Heawood, and explore what public interest journalism means today.

Colette, Tom and Paul unpack the issues of: some newly banned teaching materials, employee surveillance at home, updates from the Markle and Vardy cases, and the case of Enola Holmes and the Curious Copyright Claim.

Tom, Paul and Colette are back from the academic summer "break"! In this episode, they discuss some of the summer's bigger Media Law stories, including Extinction Rebellion's blockade of newspaper presses and the ongoing extradition case of Julian Assange.

Colette, Tom and Paul rake over the Harper's "cancel culture" letter, and discuss other news in the Media Law world, including the ongoing Johnny Depp libel case.

Colette, Tom and Paul rake over recent news in the world of media law, including: police attacks on US journalists, the Supreme Court's ruling on s.4 Defamation Act in the Serafin case, and UK Attorney-General Suella Braverman's tweet in defence of Dominic Cummings. Colette is then joined for a special interview by Prof. Nicholas Allard, former Dean of Brooklyn Law School, about President Donald Trump's war on Twitter.

Tom and Paul are joined by RonNell Andersen Jones (U. of Utah) to discuss the 'marketplace of ideas' theory of free speech. Can it survive in a post-truth world?

Colette, Tom and Paul link up for a bumper dose of Media Law headlines, including the privacy implications of the UK government's new contact-tracing app, the legal action potentially facing the Labour party over its most recent leaked report, and a word on the latest High Court wranglings in the Markle v. Mail saga.

Tom Bennett is joined by Peter Coe (Reading) and Holly Powell-Jones (City) to discuss the rise of COVID-related misinformation on social media, and what - if anything - the law can do about it. There's also time for a quick word about how university teaching has changed during the pandemic.

Colette and Tom are back with an extended Newscast dealing with all things Coronavirus. They look at the new Act of Parliament which extends provisions for remote court hearings, discuss the privacy implications of a proposed contact-tracing app, and ponder the legality of Derbyshire police's use of a drone to shame dog-walkers in the Peak District.

In this episode, Tom Bennett and Paul Wragg are joined by Prof. Brian Cathcart (Kingston), founding member of Hacked Off, to discuss the future of media regulation in the UK, in the wake of Caroline Flack’s death. Has the time come for compulsory press regulation?