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McNae's Essential Law for Journalists (Paperback)

by Tom Welsh (Author), Walter Greenwood (Author), David Banks (Author)
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  • Paperback: 580 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press; 18th Revised edition edition (23 Jun 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0199284180
  • ISBN-13: 978-0199284184
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 15.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 188,992 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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An up-to-date text on media law for both practising journalists and students, McNae's explains in a clear, engaging style the effects of the law and the Press Complaints Commission Code of Conduct on newsgathering and publication. Updated to include the effects of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Courts Act 2003, and a brand new chapter on law for photographers, the 18th edition of McNae's is the definitive guide to developments in the law as they affect journalists. Online Resource Centre - Providing a test bank of questions, updates, web links, key cases, latest news, and the "Does Your Story Contravene the Official Secrets Act?" table, along with a detailed explanation of the Official Secrets Act of 1911 and 1989.

About the Author
Tom Welsh is editor of the MEDIA LAWYER newsletter, having previously worked at the News Chronicle and the Guardian before becoming Editor of the North Western Evening Mail. After gaining experience teaching journalism at Harlow College, he established the journalism courses at City University, London where he was Director of Journalism Studies, and later honorary visiting fellow

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4.0 out of 5 stars very useful!, 17 Oct 2005
This is practically the core text for my NCTJ Journalism training course. It is vital for anyone who needs to learn about Journalism or law/acts passed in numerous areas. Also reads well.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars One to explore, 6 Jul 2006
By HL Whitehouse (Scarborough UK) - See all my reviews
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This is unquestionably the standard basic reference book on newspaper law, although working journalists need to keep up to date with a subscription to Media Lawyer.
It's a good read, but as ever, it is handicapped by its unpredictable indexing. Despite my familiarity with Essential Law, it can be a struggle to find that reference that you KNOW you read in the past, as the index doesn't seem to have been compiled by someone who approaches a topic with a working journalist's perspective.
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4.0 out of 5 stars an insight into the limits placed by the law on press freedom, 5 May 2007
By J. Power (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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To the general reader, especially one with a legal education, a very interesting practical guide to the legal constraints on the freedom of the press. If a journalist is told something 'newsworthy' but 'scandalous' by someone about someone else, can the journalist report what he has been told and, if so, in what way?

Reading this book I could understand, for example, why we used to hear nothing at all about a crime once someone had been arrested and charged with it (and had to wait until the trial started to find out what it was all about) but, after the Norwich 'sex worker' murders recently, the TV and the press where able to continue giving us quite a lot of information about the crimes, the victims and the suspect even after he had been charged but they have now gone quiet.

This book also enables me to understand why the Daily Telegraph felt legally able to safely publish allegations against George Galloway MP based on documents said to have been found in a Baghdad ministry but then found that they had miscalculated and lost the case when he sued the paper for libel.

And it enabled me to understand why the press is happy to talk about government 'sleaze' but not about 'corruption'.

Read this book and you will have a much better understanding of what the limits are on what the press can tell us and an enhanced ability to 'read between the lines' of what does get reported.
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