what are the journalism standards and ethics?
- journalism standards and ethics means that there are numbers of laws that journalist practice. this information is given by the Nation Union of Journalitsts' code of conduct'.
a journalitsts is expected to do these code of conduct.
- at all thime uphold and defend the principle of media freedom, the right of freedom of expression and the rigth of the pulic to be infromed.
- strive to ensure that information disseminted is honsetly conveyed, accurtae and fair.
- do her/ his utmost to correct harmful inaccuracies
- differentiate between fact and opinion
- obtain material by honest, straightforward and open means, with the exception of investigiations that are both overwhelming in the public interest and which invoives evdence that cannot be obtained by strightforwd means.
- do nothing to intured into anubodys's pritve life, grief or distress unless justified by overriding consideration of the public interest.
- proctect the identiy of sources who supply information in confidence and material gathered in the coure of her/ his work.
- resist threats or any other inducements to infulence, distort or suppress information.
- take no unfair personal advantages of information gained in the coures of her/ his duties before the information is public knowledge.
- produce no material likely to lead to hatred or discrimination on the grounds of a person's age, gender, race, colour, creed, legal stautes, disability , martital stutes or sexual orientatioon.
- not by way of statement, vioce or apperance endorse by advertisement any commercial product or service save for the promotion of her/ his own work or of the medium by which she' he is employed.
- aviod plagiarism.
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