Media law: home
Course outline and directed reading
Introduction (wk 8)
Defamation (wk 9 and 11)
Qualified Privilege (wk 10)
Reporting the courts (wk 10)
Confidentiality and privacy (wk 12)
Investigative journalism (wk 12)
Freedom of Information (wk 12)
Copyright and intellectual property
Codes of conduct
Important cases /updates (PPA)
Previous test papers

Last update: December 2008

 

 

The criminal justice system is an extremely important source of news since it affects every one of your readers, listeners and viewers every day of their lives.

Also, as journalists we have to be aware of various laws that have a special impact on our profession - including laws covering contempt of court, libel and confidentiality.

 

 

Above: The Bench by William Hogarth, circa 1758. Image, courtesy Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge