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NEWSDESK LAW

by Ato Erzan-Essien

Courses Self-Improvement

Season 1

Newsdesk Law: Introduction

Introduction to a podcast all about media law and ethics in the UK. It is primarily aimed at journalism students, journalists and content creators. It covers the basics of Contempt, Defamation, Privacy, Data Protection, Freedom of Information and Copyright. Based on original content in the book Newsdesk Law by Vincent Kelly LLB.

Episode two – Manifestogeddon! …Or how law is made

An overview of the UK legislative system - history and law-making process.

Episode three - Bills, bills, bills

The second part of our focus on the legislative process with an overview of the UK parliamentary process involved in proposing, debating, examining and approving law.

Episode Four - Court Reporting: Arrest and detention

Introduction to the basics of reporting criminal proceedings - from arrest to initial court appearance.

Episode five – Court reporting: The criminal courts and categories of cases

In this episode we continue our overview of the criminal court system with a particular focus on categories of criminal cases and who's who in the magistrates court.

Episode six - Magistrates: Sentencing powers and reporting court proceedings

We look at the first example of how media law impacts directly on journalism- through what we can and cannot report concerning magistrates' court proceedings.

Episode seven: Reporting on children in the criminal justice system

This episode examines the rules around reporting proceedings in youth courts and the restrictions on reporting cases involving children in adult courts.

Episode eight: Crown Court

This episode outlines the court where the most serious criminal cases, concerned with indictable offences, are heard - the Crown Court: What a court room looks like and who takes part in proceedings held there.

Episode nine - Reporting Crown Court cases

The process involved in a jury trial and the types of issues a reporter would need to consider when reporting such proceedings are outlined in this episode.

Episode 10 - Contempt of Court: What is it and how it works

This episode examines the law that oversees how Crown Court proceedings can be reported to ensure that a subsequent trial, if it takes place at all, is fair.

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