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What is the IMPRESS logo on our publication?
WE keep being asked what the IMPRESS
logo is and what we have to do with it. IMPRESS is the first truly independent
press regulator in the UK and we are now 1 of the first regulate news publishers
to be able to use the "IMPRESS kitemark." known as the
"Trust in Journalism mark." Why is this so important? This shows we
check information to the best of our ability and you can rely on us for news, as
we are regulated!
For years the media system in the UK has been lacking proper regulation, and
that came to ahead with Lord Justice Leveson’s recommendations for independent
regulation. After the report came out, the then failed Press Complaints
Commission re-branded as IPSO, but that group, according to many has continued
to do what it did as the PCC, in the very same way.... As a result this year
IMPRESS applied to the PRP (Press Recognition Panel) to become the first and
only, recognized regulator and it intends to implement Lord Justice Leveson’s
recommendations.
IMPRESS now well on track to become the only body recognized as the UK's Press
regulator. IMPRESS is determined to support freedom of the press and believes
very strongly that we must rebuild the image up of the UK's media. Not via PR,
but via good journalistic practices, that British journalism was once World
rewound for.
It is worth noting that Britain’s newly announced Prime Minister Theresa May MP
moved the final vote on the Crime and Courts Act in her previous job as Home
Secretary, and welcomed the cross party agreement supporting Section 40. That
Act, supporters of IMPRESS believe, will help publishers to publish real public
interest stories whilst adhering to a strong and relevant code of practice. It
will also help stop rogue news groups in the UK publishing world, protecting
small or independent publishers, as well as giving normal people having the
ability to act, should things go wrong. This is very different to the rival IPSO
model, which is just the former regulator, the Press Complains Commission (PCC)
that was slammed by Lord Justice Leveson, leading to its re-branding. |
