The Guardian reported yesterday that Sky News has told its journalists not to re-tweet information from non-Sky Twitter users. That immediately sparked a barrage of criticism from Reuters, Charlie Beckett, GigaOM and lots of people on Twitter. But from a political perspective I can see why they’re doing it. I want to briefly address this

Talking to a business contact of mine earlier today, the subject of the Levenson enquiry concerning the alleged hacking of persons' phones by journalists/others came up. One thing that was mentioned was that the corruption of certain police officers, and possibly other officials with access to important data, highlights the dangers of aggregating large amounts of important data into a few pla...

Despite the continued dominance of English as a working language, demand for French classes is increasing among EU staff and accredited ambassadors and journalists in Brussels, says Thierry Lagnau, director of the 'Alliance Française Bruxelles-Europe'. More »

I have lost count of the number of opinion pieces written by finance commentators and journalists who complain that the austerity programmes of Europe are doomed to fail, because they cause perpetual economic contraction, resulting in shrinking government revenues, curtailing the ability to pay down debt - which was why the austerity programme was embarked upon in the first place. And this will go...

Politicians should be banned from briefing journalists off the record, Tom Watson, the Labour MP has claimed.

Director of public prosecutions to advise on legal test for journalists’ motives when conducting investigations involving surveillance or intrusion

Politicians have got closer to journalists and media organisations in recent times, the chairman of the BBC Trust has told the Leveson Inquiry into press standards.

Even Sunday Times journalists can be stunningly ignorant and stupid, it seems. Camilla Long ("never 'eard of 'er", as Harry Hill would say) opines - well, no, read the crap yourself, if you can stand it. The arch title is pretty much a précis of the whole article: "A yacht? Wouldn’t the Queen prefer a really nice soap?" Perhaps it's the Murdoch connection, I don't ...

Some journalists will be allowed to give evidence anonymously to the Leveson inquiry following a High Court ruling yesterday.

Senior judges rule that some journalists can remain anonymous when giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into press standards.