One of the most influential interventions into the debate about the theory and practice of press freedom was made almost 10 years ago by the philosopher Onora O'Neill.
Views expressed in her Reith lectures in 2002, followed by an address to the Royal Irish Academy at the end of 2003, have been widely quoted ever since (as they were at the recent Leveson inquiry seminars).
So, in the wake of the phone hacking scandal, there is bound to be intense interest in her lecture next month: The rights of journalism and the needs of audiences.
Baroness O'Neill will deliver the 2011 Reuters memorial lecture at St Anne's College, Oxford on 21 November, an event organised by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
It will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by Lord Patten, chancellor of Oxford University and chairman of the BBC Trust.
Registration is required. Contact
kate.hanneford-smith@politics.ox.ac.uk by 7 November.
