Self-Regulation
Tag overview
recommendation across 1 inquiry
Across 1 inquiry
Tagged Recommendations
Compliance Reports and Senior Responsibility
In addition to Recommendation 10 above, a new regulatory body should consider requiring: (a) that newspapers publish compliance reports in their own pages to ensure that their readers have easy …
Kite Mark for Trusted Journalism
A new regulatory body should consider establishing a kite mark for use by members to establish a recognised brand of trusted journalism.
Code Review with Public Consultation
A regulatory body should consider engaging in an early thorough review of the Code (on which the public should be engaged and consulted) with the aim of developing a clearer …
Pre-litigation Complaints
A regulatory body should be prepared to allow a complaint to be brought prior to commencing legal proceedings if so advised. Challenges to that approach (and applications to stay) can …
Discriminatory Reporting Powers
In conjunction with Recommendation 11 above, consideration should also be given to Code amendments which, while fully protecting freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, would equip that …
Ring-fenced Enforcement Fund
A new regulatory body should establish a ring-fenced enforcement fund, into which receipts from fines could be paid, for the purpose of funding investigations.
Public Advice and Warning Service
A new regulatory body should continue to provide advice to the public in relation to issues concerning the press and the Code along with a service to warn the press, …
Strict Accountability for Published Material
A new regulatory body should make it clear that newspapers will be held strictly accountable, under their standards code, for any material that they publish, including photographs (however sourced).
Public Interest Guidance
A regulatory body should provide guidance on the interpretation of the public interest that justifies what would otherwise constitute a breach of the Code. This must be framed in the …
Public Interest Record Keeping
A new regulatory body should consider being explicit that where a public interest justification is to be relied upon, a record should be available of the factors weighing against and …
Advisory Service on Public Interest
A new regulatory body should consider whether it might provide an advisory service to editors in relation to consideration of the public interest in taking particular actions.
Source Transparency
A new regulatory body should consider encouraging the press to be as transparent as possible in relation to the sources used for stories, including providing any information that would help …
Whistleblowing Hotline
A regulatory body should establish a whistleblowing hotline for those who feel that they are being asked to do things which are contrary to the code.
Journalist Contract Protection
The industry generally and a regulatory body in particular should consider requiring its members to include in the employment or service contracts with journalists a clause to the effect that …