Projects
Press Reform
In February 2009, the MST published A More Accountable Press, a critique of the current system of press self-regulation, including the Press Complaints Commission. In January 2010 the MST published its recommendations for reform of the PCC; 19 of these […]...
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Hacked Off
In the summer of 2012, Hacked Off became independent of the Media Standards Trust. It is now a non-profit company, based on Victoria Street, London. The director is Professor Brian Cathcart. For further information, go to http://hackinginquiry.org/. Hacked Off was […]...
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Journalisted
Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier to find out more about journalists and what they write about. Journalisted automatically searches UK national newspaper websites for articles, picks out bylines and indexes the links by journalist. […]...
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The Orwell Prize
The Orwell Prize is Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing. Every year, the Prize rewards the work – the book, the journalism and (since 2009) the blog – which comes closest to George Orwell’s ambition ‘to make political writing […]...
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Churnalism.com
Churnalism.com is an independent, not-for-profit website built to help the public distinguish between journalism and ‘churnalism’. The term ‘churnalism’ was popularised by Nick Davies in Flat Earth News, and refers to articles which are essentially press releases without much added. […]...
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Transparency initiative
The transparency initiative, run in partnership with the Web Science Trust, looks at ways of making the provenance of news more transparent online, particularly through the use of metadata. As part of the initiative the Media Standards Trust developed hNews […]...
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Why Journalism Matters
According to the final Digital Britain report, published in June 2009: “As the economic foundations of news publishers come under great pressure, especially in local and regional markets, there’s an imminent danger that large parts of the UK will be […]...
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Latest publications
IPSO: An assessment by the Media Standards Trust
15.11.13
Read the analysis here: The Media Standards Trust today publishes the first external assessment of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), the self-regulatory system put forward by sections...
MST Analysis of Initial IPSO papers (July 2013)
18.07.13
The Media Standards Trust has written a short analysis of the plans for a new press regulator – IPSO (Independent Press Standards Organisation) – drawn up by the Industry Implementation...
The Cross-Party Royal Charter vs the PressBoF Royal Charter
31.05.13
This short document compares the cross-party Royal Charter agreed by Parliament on 18th March with the alternative PressBoF Royal Charter submitted to the Privy Council on 30th April....
Submission to DCMS Consultation on PressBoF petition for a Royal Charter
24.05.13
The Media Standards Trust submission to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport consultation on the PressBoF petition for a Royal Charter. Submitted to the DCMS in May 2013 Read...
