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Jonathan Heawood is CEO of IMPRESS, the independent monitor for the UK press.

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European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

In a global game of thrones, we need new rules

Jonathan Heawood 26 October 2017

Social media platforms are creating a new public sphere. But is it the public sphere we want or need?

Why is the BBC giving licence fee cash to the companies who have slashed local journalism?

Jonathan Heawood 1 December 2016

Under its new charter, the BBC will be subsidising Britain's biggest newspaper publishers.

Did the UK's newspapers swing it for Brexit?

Jonathan Heawood 28 June 2016

After a hard-fought referendum, it is time to look again at Leveson’s modest proposals for press regulation in the United Kingdom.

Surveillance, privacy, and the British press

Jonathan Heawood 27 October 2015

In the surveillance versus privacy debate that followed Snowden’s revelations, the UK government and the British press have been rather strange bedfellows.

The price to pay for journalism?

Jonathan Heawood 19 February 2015

This week’s incendiary claims by Peter Oborne on openDemocracy pose serious challenges not only for the Telegraph but for all news publishers and their readers.