Privacy and the Press

This series on the delicate balance between the needs of an open society and those of individual privacy was written by Phillip Taylor in December 1999. It explores the privacy-press issue in four parts:

1. Emergence of privacy rights rattles media
2. Press 'excesses' — of this century and last — prompt calls for privacy protection
3. Press advocates worry that privacy will trump First Amendment rights
4. Debate brews over balancing test between privacy and press rights