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- 5RB – media & entertainment law
- BBC College of Journalism – Law
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- Blackstone's Statutes Media Law 3e – resources
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- Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism
- Channel 4 Producer's Handbook – Media Law
- City Legal Research
- CRITique commercial law blog
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- David Price Guide to Media Law
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- Digital Media Law (US)
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- Don’t Get Fooled Again
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- HMCS glossary of legal terms
- I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist
- Index on Censorship
- Informationa Rights and Wrongs
- Inforrm blog
- IP Media Law
- Jack of Kent
- Jonathan Hewett
- Journal Local
- Journalism.co.uk – media law
- Law Bore
- Learn WordPress.com
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- LSE Media Law Policy Project
- Matt Buck
- McNae’s student resources
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- MediaPaL@LSE
- Ministry of Justice
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- Reframing Libel Symposium
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- The Private Lives of Others
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- UK Human Rights Blog
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- WhatDoTheyKnow
Category Archives: hyperlocal publishing
Damian Radcliffe: Hey! Regulator! Leave those Hyperlocals alone!
Damian Radcliffe conducted the UK’s first review of hyperlocal media, published by NESTA in March 2012, which touched on some of the legal and regulatory issues for small local websites. He has now returned to regulation and law in more … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, freedom of expression, human rights, hyperlocal publishing, media law, media law resources, media regulation Tagged blogging, blogs, citizen journalism, damianradcliffe, Democratic Society, DemSoc, hyperlocal, innovation, J-Lab, Judith Townend, Knight Foundation, legal, leveson, Media, media law, media regulation, meeja law, Mike Rawlins, Nanny State, NESTA, nuj, pcc, Philip John, regulation, Will Perrin 5 Comments
#TAL12: Crime reporting for hyperlocals
One of the impromptu sessions at the informal Talk About Local conference in Birmingham on Saturday discussed crime reporting – instigated by Ed Walker, who is founder of Blog Preston and senior digital producer with Trinity Mirror Regionals: “Thinking of … Continue reading
Notes from #TAL12: Talk About Media Law
One of the first slots of the day at the Talk About Local 2012 (un)conference in Birmingham is on media law, led by David Banks, a specialist in the area, who runs a media consultancy. It’s being live-streamed – a … Continue reading
Should we regulate the hyperlocal space? And what are the legal issues?
This weekend I’m very much looking forward to a day in Birmingham at the Talk About Local / N0tice 2012 “unconference”. My current research project focuses on national newspapers and media law/regulation and I’m keen to extend my view to … Continue reading
What would the Man on the Clapham Omnibus make of digital media law?
The view of the “reasonable man” on the Clapham Omnibus has been considered since (at least) 1932, but what would he make of behaviour in the digital environment? I’ve long been interested in the comprehension of media law by normal, … Continue reading
Monday miscellaneous
In case you were wondering where the Meeja Law mop-ups had disappeared to, I’ve been doing the weekly round ups for the Inforrm media law blog. The latest one can be found here. It reports latest developments in media law, … Continue reading
Hyperlocal: the regulatory and legal challenges
Damian Radcliffe, nations and communities manager at Ofcom, has conducted some very useful research into hyperlocal definitions and trends, available on Slideshare: While independent news sites fall outside the Ofcom regulatory framework, he explained why local news consumption patterns matter … Continue reading
Making council meetings more transparent: legal issues?
As reported by Roy Greenslade and Journalism.co.uk, London’s Southwark Council has agreed to allow audio recordings of its meetings, following a request by local news site London SE1. Videoing will require prior consent of the mayor. The move raises two … Continue reading
A new 'working group' about legal issues for online publishers
At the end of September, I wrote a piece for the Online Journalism Blog arguing it was time for small online publishers to talk about legal. In the coming months, I’d like to build up the conversation in this area … Continue reading
Online law survey: Mixed feelings about resources; 27% respondents encountered legal trouble in last two years
New research shows divided opinion about the need for legal resources for small or independent online publishers in the UK, while 27 per cent of those surveyed have been involved in a legal dispute in the last two years.
The questionnaire, which 71 respondents completed, asked UK-based online writers, who publish independently or for sites with fewer than ten employees, to recount their interactions with UK law. The majority of the respondents write about specific topical issues or cover local (or hyperlocal) news. Continue reading
Posted in academic research, blogging, hyperlocal publishing, press freedom, social media, social networking, survey Tagged online law survey 12 Comments