The ancient and obscure law which has become a huge stick to beat journalists with

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 13 February 2012 at 18:17
Tags: Media Law, Sun

Reading Trevor Kavanagh’s comment piece today in The Sun made me realise that the police witch hunt of Sun journalists is beginning to show disturbing parallels with  Thames Valley Police’s persecution of Sally Murrer.

Regular readers of Press Gazette will know that Murrer was repeatedly arrested, bugged, spied on and threatened with life imprisonment for – she insisted – doing no more than having off-the-record conversations with police contacts and writing stories. (more…)

Quick draw Sun subs nail art-attack headline

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 31 July 2009 at 10:36
Tags: National Newspapers, Sub editors, Subbing, Sun, newspapers

No sooner has Press Gazette relaunched its headline of the month competition, than a story breaks which is a headline writer’s dream.

Mugger Lloyd Talbot was jailed after the retired art-teacher he attacked provided police with a portrait of her attacker.

Here’s how the headline writers handled it:

The Daily Star: DREW DUNNIT!

Daily Mirror: IN THE FRAME

Daily Express: Quick on the draw

My favourite?

The Sun with: LONG ARM OF THE DRAW

While the Daily Mail went for the less fun option of: Artists’s sketch nails her mugger.