Journalism Ethics: Truth, Accuracy, Fairness & Accountability

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Upholding ethical standards in journalism is paramount. Ensuring truth, accuracy, fairness, objectivity, privacy, and accountability in reporting ethical dignity. Avoid stereotyping, discrimination, or sensationalism when covering sensitive topics involving children. Mitigate harm and prioritize the well-being of all sources, especially vulnerable subjects.

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DAR ES SALAAM SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM MODULE NAME: JOURNALISM ETHICS MODULE COD: JST 04110 DEPARTMENT : ACADEMIC MODULE LEVEL: NTA LEVEL 4 MODULE SEMESTER: I TUTOR S NAME: SADICK JAPHARI MOHAMED OUR MOTTOR: MEDIA FOR DEMOCRACY

ETHICS OF JOURNALISM Truth, Focus on facts, distortion of facts in any manner to make the story scandalous and therefore, more saleable is unacceptable. Not staging, i.e do not ask a children to tell you a story or take an action that is not part of their own story. Accuracy, Ensure independent verification of information provided by source and take special care to ensure that verification takes place without putting a source informants at risks. Report as accurate as possible and honestly collected information.

ETHICS OF JOURNALISM Fairness, Use fair, open, honest, straight forward and user- friendly methods to obtain news, decent photographs and documents, and obtain them with knowledge and consent of source / owner or of a responsible officer. Objectivity, Objectivity in journalism aims to help the audience make up their own mind about a story, providing the facts alone and then letting audiences interpret those on their own. Objective reporting is meant to portray issues and events in a neutral and unbiased manner, regardless of the writer's opinion or personal beliefs..

ETHICS OF JOURNALISM Privacy and Confidentiality, Obtain permission from the child/parent/caretaker for all interviews, photographs, audios, videotaping and for documents. Use child-friendly language for the better understanding. This can be applied to any source. Discrimination, Do not discriminate children against their age, gender, religious, educational, economic status, physical abilities, social, cultural and avoid discriminating the children who are mentally or physically abilities.

ETHICS OF JOURNALISM Accountability, Establish and uphold transparency and accountability culture particularly Encourage/promote and write/produce/published their own articles. Interview, Explain the purpose of an interview and its intended use, assess risks before interview, consider the best interest of the child and pay attention to when and how the child is interviewed and also discuss and assure the child/parents/guardians about his/her security before the interview. in the the children receipt, support to

ETHICS OF JOURNALISM Stereotyping, avoid labeling or the use of stereotyping and sensational presentation to promote journalistic material involving children from different background. Stigma/trauma, consider publication any material concerning children and avoid stigmatizations. Mitigate Harm, If the child has a sad story to tell, do not vividly show sympathy while she/he narrates her/his story as it may revive her/his bitter feeling of the past. the consequences of

IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS IN NEWS GATHERING The media are very powerful tools and agents of change, and as such they have a big social responsibility. Being powerful and influential, they must be both responsible and accountable for their actions In every profession, there are always people who cut corners for personal gain, expediency or other reasons. Media ethics plays a role of moderator. Media ethics help media house captains in ensuring both themselves and those under them follow the right (professional and ethics) course.

IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS IN NEWS GATHERING Ethical practice enables individual journalists to build their names as honest and credible professionals. Ethics compel the media to protect public interests. Ethical practice is what makes the media credible. If the media are really in the business of exposing evil or unethical and other anti- social practice or behavior, then they have to strive to be the above abroad. The media cannot point fingers at others while everyone thinks, believes or knows that they are the ones at whom fingers are ought to be pointed at.

HOW A JOURNALIST PROTECT SOURCE Journalists rely on source protection to gather and reveal information in the public interest from confidential sources. Such sources may require anonymity to protect them from physical, economic or professional reprisals in response to their revelations. OFF RECORD ON RECORD CONCEPT On the record: The information can be used with no caveats, quoting the source by name. 2. Off the record: The information cannot be used for publication. Generally, the sources do not want their names published but will agree to a description of their position.

QUIZ QUIZ Explain why is it necessary for journalism Explain why is it necessary for journalism ethics should apply when contacting a news ethics should apply when contacting a news source? source? Describe how journalist PROTECT & RESPECT Describe how journalist PROTECT & RESPECT news source. news source.