Chaired by Steve Hewlett (The Guardian)
With Roger Alton (Editor of the
Independent) Steven Barnett (University of Westminster) Albert Scardino
(Journalist and MST board member)
According to a report published by the
Media Standards Trust, the current system of press self-regulation is
not successfully protecting either the press or the public. The current
system is not, the report claims, effective enough, accountable enough,
or transparent enough, and does not reflect the transformed media
environment.
So should Britain's system of press self-regulation be
over-hauled and if it is, will it do anything to restore public faith
in the press?
Roger Alton is the editor of The Independent and was
previously editor of the Observer from 1998 to 2007.
Steven Barnett is
Professor of Communications at the University of Westminster and was
responsible for the research in the Media Standarts Trust report A More
Accountable Press.
Albert Scardino is an independent journalist and
commentator for British and American news organizations. Albert spent
35 years as a journalist, including periods as a reporter and editor
for The New York Times and as an executive editor for The Guardian. In
1984, he won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing at The Georgia
Gazette, a weekly newspaper he founded with his wife, Marjorie. He was
a judge for the Orwell Prize 2008.
Steve Hewlett is a writer and
broadcast consultant and currently presents The Media Show on Radio 4.
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