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The new media law book that’s so easy to use!

The How-to Media Law manual

By Cleland Thom

Features:

·      200 pages

·      Written by someone who legals up to 20 stories a day for the media

·      Suitable for everyone from juniors to editors

Separate sections for:

·      Editors and desk heads

·      Reporters

·      Subs

·      Photographers

·      Web editors and online journalists

More than 50 How-to guides, including:

How-to:

·         Sub court copy accurately

·         Report terrorism

·         Use reader-generated web content

·         Keep work experience trainees and juniors on the right side of the law

·         Sub the letters page

·         Challenge a court order

·         Use photos safely (libel, copyright, privacy, code)

·         Use the Freedom of Information Act

·         Carry out investigative assignments

·         Sub the Review of the Year

·         Present safe hyperlinks on your website

·         Create a legally-aware culture in the newsroom

·         Handle unsafe local authority press releases

·         Use archived material

·         Spot libels

·         Challenge police decisions based on the Data Protection Act

·         Find courts, barristers and solicitors to check court /  crime stories

·         Report cases involving sex offence victims and juveniles

·         Obtain maximum information from courts using the Data Protection Act

·         Handle copyright material

·         Cover elections

·         Take photos of children safely

·         Handle racially-sensitive issues

·         Keep safe notes and contact books

·         Protect young contributors to your website

·         Deal with contributions from citizen journalists – copy and pix

·         Keep photographers within the laws of harassment and other legislation

·         Report arrests

·         Deal with ward of court and family cases

·         Check your website conforms to the Data Protection Act

·         Deal with legal complaints

·         Phrase apologies and corrections

·         And much more …

About the author

The book has been written produced by Cleland Thom, who is legal adviser to:

 the Manchester Evening News, Trader Media Group, Manchester Media,

The Local Radio Company, Channel M,

 Manchester Metro News and Essex Independent Newspapers.

He delivers law training to newspapers and radio stations all over the UK and

 writes articles on legal issues for the Press Gazette.

He is a member of the Society of Editors and the CIOJ.

For review of book see Medialawbook

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