about us
We exist to help anyone affected by press abuse and to educate the public on media standards.
Press abuse often affects people at their most vulnerable moments, such as intrusion after a tragedy which had been a newsworthy event.
It can also destroy people's livelihoods, when inaccuracies damage a person's reputation or that of their business.
In other cases, people have been falsely accused of wrongdoing in the media, or have had their privacy violated.
Press abuse doesn't just affect individuals, either - groups and communities can find themselves the victims of discrimination in the media.
OUR TRUSTEES
STEPHEN KINSELLA OBE
Stephen Kinsella OBE is a senior and award-winning EU lawyer by background, with over 30 years of experience in the field.
He is now involved with a number of philanthropic and charitable organisations. These include Clean Up The Internet, which he co-founded, and Reprieve, of which he is a Trustee. Other good causes are funded by his trust, the Laura Kinsella Foundation.
CHAIR
JOHN SHEPHERD
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John Shepherd has worked in the mobile telecoms industry since 1989 and runs two successful businesses helping people in the sports and entertainment industries with their telecoms needs. His businesses also provide services to ordinary people who want a secure mobile contract, which keeps the press and investigation agencies at arm's length.
John was targeted by The Times newspaper in July 2020, which accused him of unlawful behaviour. This led to a two-year police investigation that did not conclude until January 2023, when he and his business were cleared of all wrongdoing.
PROF. FRANCESCA KLUG OBE
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Professor Francesca Klug OBE is a Visiting Professor at LSE Human Rights where she was formerly Director of the Human Rights Futures Project. As a Senior Research Fellow at Kings College London Law School, she advised the Government on devising and implementing the 1998 Human Rights Act, subsequently working with senior ministers on human rights and constitutional reform. She was a Commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) from 2006-9.
Francesca is a Trustee at Women for Refugee Women and formerly at Safe Passage International and is also a former Chair of Freedom from Torture and the British Institute of Human Rights. She is an Academic Expert at Doughty Street Chambers and a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Political Quarterly.
DANIELLE HINDLEY
Danielle Hindley’s business was destroyed by untrue allegations in articles in the Mail on Sunday in December 2017. Under a no win no fee agreement she brought a libel action against the Mail's publishers which was settled.
Danielle now campaigns for higher standards in the press and runs a new beauty business, Dolly's House.
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LISA MOORISH
Lisa is a British singer, songwriter, actress, DJ, and more recently a Documentary producer.
She has worked in the music and film industries since the age of 17.
Along side her creative career, she has long been a fierce campaigner and advocate for racial equality, working with various anti racism, refugee, and press abuse orgs, and women's rights groups. She has also been a supporter of and has worked with Hacked Off since discovering she was a phone hacking victim in 2017.
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CHRISTOPHER JEFFERIES
Christopher Jefferies is a retired secondary school teacher from Bristol.
In 2010, after the death of his tenant Joanna Yeates, Christopher was falsely accused in the press of her murder, as newspapers 'monstered' him and destroyed his reputation. These events were dramatized by ITV in 2014, in 'The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies'.
He now campaigns for higher standards in the press and is a patron of the Hacked Off Campaign.
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PROF. CHRIS FROST
Professor Chris Frost was a newspaper journalist and editor until he moved into education more than 15 years ago.
He served on the UK Press Council and as a long-term member of the National Union of Journalists Ethics Council. He has served on the NUJ's National Executive Council for many years and was NUJ President in 1992.
He chairs the Union's Ethics Council which debates journalism ethics and has a role in educating NUJ members. He has given evidence to the UK House of Commons select committee on press regulation on several occasions, and also at the high-profile Leveson Inquiry.
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The Press Justice Project & Hacked Off
The Press Justice Project (PJP) was established by a former Board Director of Hacked Off, the campaign for press freedom and accountability. The PJP continues to work with the campaign where it is in the charity's own interests to do so, benefiting from access to Hacked Off's resources, expertise, and personnel.
The PJP and Hacked Off share the aim of protecting members of the public from media abuse. Although they work closely together, the two organisations are constitutionally independent and have their own objectives, projects, and governance arrangements.
To learn more about Hacked Off, visit their website www.hackedoff.org