• Introduction
• Chairman's perspective
• Public representatives
• Complainants
• Professional representatives
• Newspapers and magazines
• The Press Complaints Commission
• Constructive critics
• Vivien Hepworth - Chairman of the independent Governance Review
• Jonathan Heawood - Director of the writers' charity English PEN
• Tim Luckhurst - Professor of Journalism at the University of Kent and a former editor of The Scotsman
• International perspective
• Historical perspective
• Putting it into perspective

Constructive critics

The PCC is often the subject of considerable comment from outside. This is to be expected, given the important role we play in society, and is something we welcome. In order to give a wider context to the perspectives that have been published so far in this document, we have invited comment from individuals who can approach the PCC with a more objective, and critical, assessment. They are in the best position to fl ag up the challenges that face the PCC. This includes Vivien Hepworth, the Chairman of the recent independent Governance Review Panel, which published a report in 2010 containing recommendations about how the PCC can improve (most of which have already been implemented).