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9 J. Media L. & Prac. 1 (1987)

handle is hein.journals/tojmedlp9 and id is 1 raw text is: Editorial 1988 promises to be an exciting year for media law. In June the government is expected to publish its white paper on official secrecy, which could be quickly followed by the first statutory reform of the Official Secrets Acts for over sixty years. Also in June the House of Lords will consider the Spycatcher case with respect to The Guardian, The Observer and The Sunday Times. It is expected to be followed shortly by the House of Lords consideration of the national secrecy implications of Anthony Cavendish's book Inside Intelligence; the Federal High Court in Canberra is set to finally end the Spycatcher legislation in Australia. Although the government's all-embracing Broadcsting Bill is to be postponed the government is not going to shy away from tackling the media, as the establishment of the Broadcasting Standards Council has demonstrated. With a new Parliament too there have been several Private Members' Bills concerning the right of reply, the right to privacy and the prevention of indecent displays m newspapers. In Europe the European Communities draft directive on 'Television Without Frontiers' seem likely to be finalised in late autumn but the Council of Europe's draft convention on trans-frontier broadcasting seems bogged down in discussion on whether advertising slots should be placed after a programme, or whether they can be broadcast in the middle of a programme. This edition of Media Law has articles by Hans-Peter Gasser on journalists on dangerous professional missions; Harald C. Relyea on the US Freedom of Information Act reforms; Michael Blakeney looks at Spycatcher in Australia; Tony Martino asks whether there are realistic alternatives to the blanket licence and Kyu Ho Youm looks at the US approach to defamatory republication. Contents Journalists on dangerous professional missions: what international humanitarian law can do for them by Hans-Peter Gasser US Freedom of Information Act reforms - 1986 by Harold C. Relyea Protecting the secrets of a foreign government: 'Spycatcher' in Australia by Michael Blakeney Performing rights: are there realistic alternatives to the blanket licence? by Tony Martino Ten years of 'neutral reportage'doctrine: US approach to defamatory republication by Kyu Ho Youm WORLD NEWS CASE REPORTS Groppera Radio AG v. Switzerland and three others Gaskin v. UK Pine v. McMillan In re Channel Four Television Co. Ltd Farrington and Others v. Leigh and Others George Ward (Moxley) Ltd v. Richard Sankey Ltd R. v. Tower Bridge Justices, Ex parte Osborne Official Publications BOOK REVIEWS 2 6 13 20 23 35 36 37 37 37 38 38 39 39 40

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