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The crisis facing local newspapers is a cancer threatening the nation’s democracy and system of justice, the Institute has warned a parliamentary...
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A letter came into the CIoJ Head Office recently from a longstanding member of the Institute. The member is known to your Editor and to the General...
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Members of the Chartered Institute of Journalists gathered at the W.T. Stead Memorial on London’s Embankment on Sunday April 15, the anniversary of...
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Brown: “We need a st...
Britain needs a strong independent local press, and we should “defend the freedom of the press and the right of the press to have the powers that...
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British journalists have been called upon to lift the lid on one the world’s forgotten conflicts at a meeting held to discuss the worsening crisis...
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On June 17, as Greeks went to the polls for the second time in six weeks, two hand grenades were found in the courtyard of the Neo Faliro building in...
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