[kictanet] Media council Draft bill 2010 (Day Eight--Code of Conduct/Wrapping up)

[Alice Munyua]

Weblogs, social forums, etc should be considered as part of the new 
emerging media 'ecosystem' rather than in isolation.  I think it is 
important to expand journalism   to include citizen participation, in 
this case the blogs, forums, etc.  They have a meaningful role in the 
future of media/news as do the 'professionals'

The challenge would be with developing legal/regulatory frameworks and 
in applying the code of conduct. For blogs/forums etc, editorial 
judgment is often applied at the edges rather than at the beginning

best

Alice


On 2/2/11 10:59 AM, Edwin Onchari wrote:
> While I have not had a chance to access the document in its entirety and the
> deliberations, has there been consideration to social media, blogs, forums,
> etc and how they will/should be impacted?
>
> Edwin
>
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> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Media council Draft bill 2010 (Day Eight--Code of
> Conduct/Wrapping up)
>
> hey listers,
> i have a few issues with the code:
> part1(e) refers to avoiding provocative headings,im not sure what they
> mean by this because i know media houses use sensational headlines to
> sell newspapers etc.
> code 12 dealing with recording interviews says that a journalist shld
> not record someone without their knowledge.what about investigative
> journalists who rely on infirmation from secret recordings for their
> stories/pieces?
> i dont understand the rationale behind code 16 on financial
> journalism.why shldnt a journalist write about shares in which they or
> their families have an interest?isnt this impractical?
>
> On 2/2/11, Grace Githaiga<ggithaiga at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hey People,
>>
>> I realize you got diverted by the internet price issue and the prime time
>> data. And ofcourse Egypt is huge on the agenda.
>>
>> But may I please beg you to just for today give us comments on the last
> part
>> of the Bill namely the Code of Conduct?
>>
>> We have amended the programme and we will focus our debate on this issue,
>> and then leave tomorrow free for people to raise concerns that they would
>> probably like included in the Bill.
>> And on our final day (Friday), we will provide you with a summary of
> issues
>> we have agreed on, and those that need further debate.
>>
>> And now to today's debate:
>>
>> The Code of Conduct and Practice of Journalism covers all aspects for
>> journalism from accuracy and fairness to hate speech.
>> It has 25 articles some which may need further debate for example article
> 2
>> on Independence where in (f) that a journalist should refuse to allow the
>> interests of ownership or management to influence news' judgment and
> content
>> inappropriately, and article16 on financial journalism.
>>
>> Now, different media houses have own codes of practice. This then leads us
>> to our questions today.
>>
>> 1.      Should the MCK Code be made the minimum Code that each Media House
>> should subscribe to?
>> 2.      And if so, in what way(s) would media houses be made to comply?
>>
>> And finally, the Bill has no transition clause. Could we have a suggestion
>> on the text?
>>
>> Please talk to us.
>>
>> Have a good day.
>> Rgds
>> Grace
>>
>>
>>
>>
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