Index of material
edited or written by Jack R Herman
on this website

Among the publications he has edited are:

Survey of complainants
Transcript of Gambling Public Forum
the information booklet
David Flint's ten year report
Proceedings of the Brisbane WAPC Conference
David Robie's 1999 APC Fellow's Report

Among the other material he has written and/or edited are:

the Case Studies series

A May 2007 op/ed article, published by the Herald Sun launching the Council's 'Come Clean' campaign.

A speech to a Public Right to Know conference:

Reform FoI

Material from the APC Asia-Pacific Seminar:

Administering the system of self-regulation

Press in Australia - a country report

Among his articles in the News are:

Public Figures and the Press
A report on a Press Council public meeting in Toowoomba.

The Country Press
A report on the Mount Gambier public meeting.

Survey of Editors
Results of a Council survey of those who respond to complaints

Editor's Note on Letter to the Editor
Comments on Geoffrey Reading's response to Adjudication No. 799

The Back Page
Report on the Council's Ballarat Public Forum

Honorifics and Equality in the Court
Should court reports include the use of "Mr", "Ms" etc in its references to defendants?

Distorted Associations
The Scouting Association is concerned with negative stereotypes

Adjudication Summary
Highlights of the January 1996 adjudications.

Reporting of Suicide
The editor reports on a recent roundtable convened by the Council

Press Complaints Commission Annual Report
Highlights of the year in UK press self-regulation.

Making the Media Accountable
Claude-Jean Bertrand's Twentieth Anniversary Address

Suppression Orders
A court decision on naming names

The Media: Reporter or Reformer
Jack Herman reports on the International Media Forum

The Press and the Reconciliation Process
Jack Herman reports on the Cairns Public Forum

New Chairman Appointed
The retirement of Prof Flint and the appointment of Professor Dennis Pearce

Response on Youth Suicide Resource Kit

Editorial: The Millennium

Two reports on the WAPC Oceania Regional Conference, Brisbane, June 1999:
on the courts and the media;
on the other panels, (the research projects; the future of the WAPC; and the reports from South Pacific countries)

Report on developments from Planning Day 1999.

Report on the inaugural APC Medal and presentations

Self-regulation of Internet news sites and Promotion Campaign
The Council expands its remit and an ad campaign is launched.

Press Council Leaves WAPC
The Council has resigned from the world association.

Reporting of Suicide
A submission on possible 'guidelines' on suicide reporting.

A New Chairman
The Council farewells Dennis Pearce and welcomes Ken McKinnon

Defamation Law Reform
A submission to the NSW Attorney-General.

Mediating Complaints
How the Council settles complaints without adjudication.

Privacy (Private Sector) Act
New legislation has implications for the press.

The Road to Accountability
An American Professor talks to journalists about media accountability systems in operation.

Drug Reporting
Summary of an Australian Institute of Criminology discussion paper.

Moral Rights
Some additional rights for copyright holders.

Regional Seminar
Report of the Asia-Pacific seminar on press freedom and responsibility.

Access to refugees
The Council protests restrictions on the media.

Council condemns paper
The Council's actions on Adjudication No. 1153.

A Private Affair
Review of a book on the UK PCC.

A Difference of Opinion
How the Council has ruled on opinion pieces.

Irregular Verbal
A comment on opinion.

New Objects; Procedures
The Council has agreed to new Objects.

Distasteful Images
The Council's rulings on confronting photos.

The origins of a free press
A report on Jim Spigelman's 2002 Press Council Address.

John West book launch
A report on the Council-sponsored launch.

Religious terms in headlines
A new Press Council guideline.

Freedom from information?
An interesting FoI case.

Uniform defamation law
Developments at state and federal level.

More matters of opinion
The editor looks at a recent finding.

Offensive words
How the Council has ruled on complaints about language in the press.

The judiciary and the media
A report on Richard Ackland's 2005 Annual Address.

The police and the media
A report on Mick Keelty's 2006 Annual Address.

State of the News Print Media in Australia
A look at a new Council booklet.

FoI after the McKinnon case: Articles on the future of freedom of information:
Introduction

Access to Justice
A report of Chief Justice Wayne Martin's Public Address.

Facts and Opinion - a Press Council case note
What an adjudication implies.

Courts and the media
a conference report.

see also
Office staff biographies

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