Journalist Self-Regulation Practices in the New Democracies - Unesco

many cases when stories were written or TV items
were broadcast in Georgia about football teams but
no one thought of going to court to defend their
honor or to appeal to the media self-regulation
body,” said another conference participant, the
Head of the Council of the Charter for Journalistic
Ethics of Georgia Zviad Koridze.
Several joint sessions followed where the
representatives of self-regulation structures
from each country presented in detail a few cases
of violation by the media of those countries of
the principles of presumption of innocence and
protection of privacy. Each case reviewed raised
ardent discussions. The participants reached the
conclusion that many times journalists nondeliberately
disclosed personal data and this was
the consequence of insufficient knowledge of
journalistic ethics. The need for continuous training
was stressed, especially training of the persons
who work in the media without having adequate
journalistic training.
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