Police relationship with crime reporters under strain, research finds
A string of prosecutions and the chilling effect of the post-Leveson era have plunged relations between British police forces and crime reporters into a deep freeze, according to new research.
A survey and interviews with crime reporters and media relations staff, or "police communicators", conducted as part of a personal dissertation project by BBC London home affairs correspondent Guy Smith, has revealed that both believe the relationship to be strained. But the research flags up a gulf in understanding between the two groups, indicating that police media staff little appreciate the level of despair displayed by journalists.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/nov/20/police-crime-reporters-leveson-inquiry
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