How to report on poverty

David Seymour, former readers' editor of the Daily Mirror, has written a practical guide for journalists entitled Reporting Poverty. He argues that there is a widespread refusal to accept that many British people really are poor. Too many journalists evidently subscribe to the urban myth that people on benefits are well-off. Published by the Society of Editors, Media Trust and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, there's a free pdf version here. (Via The Observer)