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  • New President announces Awards for young journalists

    Former CEO of International Building Press, Gerald Bowey, was installed as President of the Chartered Institute of Journalists (CIoJ) at a reception held at the Reform Club in Pall Mall, London. Bowey emphasised the guidance, support, and encouragement that had been at the heart of the Institute for 140 years and announced the launch of a…

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  • Outstanding journalism heralds’ new awards scheme

    Following last year’s AGM over sixty members and guests joined broadcaster and journalist Nick Ferrari to celebrate the outstanding work of member Tanya Fowles. The inaugural award was given in recognition of her outstanding work in fighting unjustifiable anonymity orders in the courts of Northern Ireland, making a stand for open justice and highlighting the…

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  • CIoJ member Tanya Fowles receives award

    CIoJ’s Tanya Fowles awarded Journalist of the Year Award – 2023

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  • Award for court reporter

    Press Release Release date: 12 September 2023 Award for court reporter The governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Journalists has issued a special award to an Institute member in Northern Ireland for her outstanding work in upholding Open Justice. Tanya Fowles, a court reporter and Local Democracy journalist, has sought to halt a developing…

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  • Investigatory Powers Tribunal breaks new ground

    Press release Release date: 12 August 2016 Investigatory Powers Tribunal breaks new ground The Chartered Institute of Journalists says the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has broken new ground in awarding substantial damages to a Scottish investigative journalist after Police Scotland had unlawfully obtained his phone records to discover the identity of his sources. The award of…

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  • Keep Companies House files available

    NEWS RELEASE Release time: 11 August 2016 The Chartered Institute of Journalists is urging Companies House to preserve access to files on all businesses that have failed and been dissolved in the last 20 years. Britain’s longest established professional association of journalists warns that a proposal to restrict provision to only 6 years will deny…

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  • Institute urges adherence to Article 12 of IPSO code

    NEWS RELEASE Release time:  25 July 2016 The Chartered Institute of Journalists is warning media editors, proprietors and regulators of the acute need to show responsibility in combatting discrimination and prejudice in publication. The CIoJ is the world’s longest established professional association of journalists. The Institute says professional media platforms must avoid pandering to cynical…

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  • Restore ECHR to protect Turkey’s journalists, says CIoJ

    Press release Release date: 22 July 2016 The Chartered Institute of Journalists urges the Turkish government to restore the application of the European Convention of Human Rights and protect the position of the country’s journalists and media workers. In the wake of the failed military coup against President Erdogan, the CIoJ, the world’s longest established…

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  • CIoJ member complaint upheld by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner in Scotland

    PRESS RELEASE Release date: 8 March 2016 The Chartered Institute of Journalists says police authorities all over Britain can learn from an investigation into complaints by one of its members in Scotland who was stopped from doing his job when covering a news story. The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner in Scotland ruled that Campbell…

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  • CIoJ challenges impact of proposed Royal Charter

    CIoJ challenges impact of proposed Royal Charter NEWS RELEASE RELEASE DATE: 30 April 2013 The Chartered Institute of Journalists has written to the Privy Council expressing concern that the proposed Royal Charter underpinning press regulation may impinge on its own charter. The CIoJ’s charter was granted by Queen Victoria in 1890, six years after the…

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