Jon Slattery

A freelance journalist writing from the UK.

Thursday, 5 December 2024

Media Quotes of the Year 2024: From Musk mocks media to Murdoch predicts death of newspapers

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It was a year of elections in the UK and US. Trump is back, so is Labour. Elon Musk mocks mainstream media and Rupert Murdoch predicts when...
Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Media Quotes of the Year 2023: InPublishing

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It was a year marked by reporters covering conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine, Rupert Murdoch stepping down, AI threatening journalists...
Sunday, 13 August 2023

Press Freedom in the UK: The costs of libel actions

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  I've written a new article for InPublishing magazine on press freedom, which you can read here .  As press freedom in the UK has no ...
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Thursday, 22 December 2022

Press Gazette's Jean Morgan: A personal tribute

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This is the tribute I gave to my former Press Gazette colleague and friend Jean Morgan at her funeral in Cornwall on December 20. How do yo...
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Wednesday, 21 December 2022

Media Quotes of the Year 2022: War in Europe, death of the Queen, bye-bye Boris and Lettuce Liz

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What an extraordinary year for news. War in Europe, death of the Queen, partygate, a financial crisis and three Prime Ministers. Lettuce Liz...
Monday, 5 December 2022

Jean Morgan: Press Gazette chief reporter

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  My friend and former colleague Jean Morgan has died aged 86. Here is a piece I've written about Jean for Press Gazette : Jean was a ne...
Tuesday, 2 August 2022

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I've written an article on the Good and the Bad of Press Freedom 2022 in the UK for InPublishing magazine.  It includes libel lawyers s...
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Jon Slattery
I am a freelance journalist based in the UK and was deputy editor of Press Gazette, the journalists' magazine, from 1993 until 2006. I want to give an independent view on media matters. You can contact me with stories, ideas and comments by email at jon.slattery369@btinternet.com You can also follow me on Twitter @jonslattery
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