- At all times defend and uphold the principle of media freedom, the right of freedom and expression and the right for the public to be informed.
- Make sure that the information you spread is honest, accurate and fair.
- Protect the identity of sources who supply information , in confidence and material gathered in the course of his/her work.
- Do your most to correct offensive inaccuracies.
- Make distinctions between fact and opinion.
- Obtain material by honest, straightforward and open means, with the exception of investigations that are both overwhelming in the public interest and which involve evidence that cannot be obtained by straight forward means.
What you should not do:
- Do not intrude into anybody's private life, grief or distress unless justified by overriding consideration of the public interest.
- Resist threats or any other inducements to influence distort or suppress information.
- Take no unfair personal advantage of information gained in the course of his/her’s duties before the information is public knowledge.
- Produce no material likely to lead to hatred or discrimination on the grounds of a persons, age, gender, race, colour, creed, legal status, disability, marital status or sexual orientation.
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