Journalism
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The press in Europe (2/5): Still pandering to the power brokers
25 December 20124099 The New York Times New York -
United Kingdom: Taming the Fourth Estate
30 November 2012788PresseuropFinancial Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun -
What is news?: The prince and the public interest
29 August 2012PresseuropBlog -
Society: By what authority are you saying that?
8 December 2011PresseuropBlog -
Journalism: Press delete
28 November 2011PresseuropBlog -
Journalism and the eurocrisis: All eyes on Europe
11 November 2011PresseuropBlog -
Information: Readers 'Too small to change the world'
19 August 201115116 Die Zeit Hamburg -
Romania: Gândul pixelised
8 April 2011PresseuropGandul -
Journalism: The incredible shrinking E.U. press corps
2 April 2010544 The New York Times New York -
Press Freedom: Libel, a rich man's game
4 January 2010191 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Romania: So farewell then, Cotidianul
23 December 2009PresseuropCotidianul -
Photojournalism: War also means dead soldiers
8 September 2009PresseuropCotidianul
Collusion between the media and politicians seemed to be greater than ever under former French President Sarkozy. But, rather than ditch these olds habits, François Hollande, the low-profile new head of state, is quite happy to keep the media close. 
Lord Justice Leveson’s much-anticipated report into British press standards was published yesterday and provided a damning indictment of media ethics. As a result of the scandal, which erupted over illegal interception of telephone calls, a host of journalists including two former News of the World editors, face criminal charges including bribery. 
When a pro-Europe article brings in storms of angry comments for an editor at Die Zeit, he decides to stop in on one of his critics. Where does the rage against Brussels come from? The answer he finds is both surprising and alarming. 
Even as the EU gets more and more talked about, the Brussels press corps is dwindling. Nowhere is this phenomenon more marked than amongst journalists from the new member states of Central and Eastern Europe. 
UK courts harry the press more than almost anywhere else in the Western world. Big business and wily avengers avail themselves of ruthless lawyers, multi-million-pound lawsuits and nonsensical laws to stifle “bad press” – and not only in the English papers. A Spiegel report.