I'm not certain how we should refer to Lord Hunt now. Former Press Complaints Commission chairman? PCC transition body chairman? Regulator-in-waiting?
Anyway, he is certainly putting himself about at present. He was on the Radio 4's Today programme this morning explaining why the industry has closed the PCC and his hopes for future press regulation.
Next Friday (16 March) he is off to Bristol to speak at what promises to be a fascinating debate, Hacked to bits: rebuilding public trust in journalism.
Hunt will certainly hear a lot of criticism of the press - and, quite probably, the PCC - because the other speakers include Christopher Jefferies, who was libelled by several newspapers during a murder inquiry, former Daily Star reporter Richard Peppiatt and the indefatigable Hacked Off campaign worker Thais Portilho-Shrimpton.
They will be joined by Mike Norton, editor of the Bristol Evening Post, and Professor Epp Lauk, chair of the Estonian press council. National Union of Journalists' president Donnacha DeLong will chair the discussion.
The 2012 Benn debate, beginning at 7.30pm in the Arnolfini, has been organised by the Bristol branch of the NUJ with MediaWise and MediaAct. It will be filmed and streamed live by the University of the West of England.
