Journalists' union campaigns against inquest restrictions

The National Union of Journalists' parliamentary group is campaigning against a new coroners' bill which could prevent journalists' from reporting inquests. It would allow a senior coroner to prohibit the publication of the name of the deceased (or any interested person), and preclude the reporting of any information which could lead to the identification of the deceased. The NUJ's general secretary Jeremy Dear said: "This bill could lead to a more general ban on naming, which would represent a worrying lurch forward of a privacy law." (Via nuj.org.uk)