Releases
The Editors’ Code of Practice Committee occasionally releases press statements to announce amendments to the Code, and also gives evidence to official inquiries into press self-regulation and associated issues.
Press releases and statements
- Editors’ Code of Practice to be revised (December 2024) (pdf)
- Daily Telegraph editor Chris Evans to chair Editors’ Code of Practice Committee (January 2024) (pdf)
- Editors’ Code of Practice to be reviewed in public consultation (January 2023) (pdf)
- Editors’ Code of Practice to be revised (December 2020) (pdf)
- Editors’ Code of Practice to be reviewed in public consultation (January 2020) (pdf)
- Editors’ Code of Practice to be revised (June 2019) (pdf)
- Editors’ Code of Practice Review ‐ 2017 (December 2017) (pdf)
- Neil Benson to chair Editors’ Code of Practice Committee (July 2017) (pdf)
- New edition of The Editors’ Codebook (December 2016) (pdf)
- Code Review announced (December 2016) (pdf)
- Revised Editors’ Code of Practice announced (December 2015) (pdf)
- New Code Committee Lay Members Named (February 2015) (pdf)
- A4 printable version of the code (September 2014) (pdf)
- A3 printable version of the code (September 2014) (pdf)
- Code Review deadline extended (January 2013) (pdf)
- Response to the Leveson Report (December 2012) (pdf)
- Editor's Code of Practice Committee - Special Meeting (November 2012) (pdf)
- Urgent: Two Code changes for 2012 (December 2011) (pdf)
- Annual Code Review - Suggestions welcome (November 2011) (pdf)
- New 2011 edition of The Editors' Codebook now available (January 2011) (pdf)
- Editors' Code under review (December 2010) (pdf)
- Editors change rules on corrections (December 2010) (pdf)
- Greig and Wallace on Code Committee (June 2010) (pdf)
- Response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee's Report on Press Standards, Privacy and Libel (June 2010) (pdf)
- Three new editors for Code Committee named (February 2010) (pdf)
- Editors' Committee reviews the Code (December 2009) (pdf)
- New Editors' Code changes take effect (October 2009) (pdf)
- A4 printable version of the code (October 2009) (pdf)
- A3 printable version of the code (October 2009) (pdf)
- New amendments to the Editors' Code announced (September 2009) (pdf)
- Hannah Walker joins Editors' Code Committee (August 2009) (pdf)
- New-look Codebook expands guidance for editors (March 2009) (pdf)
- Editors' Committee's review of the Code (December 2008) (pdf)
- New Code Committee Chairman announced (March 2008) (pdf)
- The Editors' Code book goes online (December 2007) (pdf)
- Editors' Committee's review of the Code (December 2007) (pdf)
- PCC Report on subterfuge and newsgathering (November 2007) (pdf)
- Preamble changes and amendment to Clause 10 Clandestine Devices and Subterfuge (June 2007) (pdf)
- Suicide reporting: Amendment to Clause 5 Intrusion into Grief or Shock (June 2006) (pdf)
- Gender recognition: Change to Discrimination Clause 12i (May 2005) (pdf)
- Code Committee submission to House of Commons Select committee on Culture, Media and Sport inquiry into press self-regulation (March 2007) (pdf)
- Code Committee response to Government consultation on Payments to Criminals (February 2007) (pdf)
Minutes
In October 2010, the Code Committee decided to publish Minutes of its meetings online.
- Financial Journalism Best Practice Note
- November 2023 (pdf)
- July 2023 (pdf)
- December 2022 (pdf)
- June 2022 (pdf)
- November 2021 (pdf)
- July 2021 (pdf)
- October 2020 (pdf)
- December 2019 (pdf)
- May 2019 (pdf)
- November 2018 (pdf)
- June 2018 (pdf)
- Constitution of the Code Commitee (pdf)
- September 2017 (pdf)
- July 2017 (pdf)
- December 2016 (pdf)
- July 2016 (pdf)
- September 2015 (pdf)
- May 2015 (pdf)
- May 2014 (pdf)
- December 2012 (pdf)
- April 2012 (pdf)
- November 2011 (pdf)
- March 2011 (pdf)
- October 2010 (pdf)