Every budding journalist is taught to challenge court restrictions on reporting. Our trade rag, Press Gazette, trumpets cases where journalists - especially those on regional newspapers - challenge the courts' attempts to impose anonymity.
This is one of the key tenets of a free press, and as a member of the media I am certainly not going to criticise it.
However, our feature highlights an area where the media must exercise caution: stories about young people (see p14).
It used to be a no-no to name young people involved in criminal cases, barring exceptional circumstances. But the climate of antisocial behaviour orders, dispersal zones and respect brings with it a drive to name and shame young people that stems from the highest levels of government.
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