WORKING WITH THE MEDIA: AN OVERVIEW
The media can provide valuable publicity for organisations working with children and young people. But working with the press doesn't always go smoothly and numerous legal issues can crop up.
Take The Children's Society. Last year the Independent on Sunday used one of its photos for a feature on antisocial behaviour. The paper published a picture taken a number of years ago, which featured a child actor posing for a publicity shot for the charity.
However, when the picture appeared without clearly stating he was posing as a model the actor, Harry Capehorn, sued for libel and was awarded undisclosed damages after arguing that it implied he was the real-life subject of an antisocial behaviour order.
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