Broadcasters, this is the time to get familiar with the rules of ethical broadcasting if you're not familiar with it.
Here are the important guidelines laid down by the @nbcgovng you need to be aware of. ..
Here are the important guidelines laid down by the @nbcgovng you need to be aware of. ..
News and Current Affairs programmes shall be guided by the ethical standards of journalism.
Programmes devoted to the discussion of a matter of public interest shall ensure fairness and balance.
Programmes devoted to the discussion of a matter of public interest shall ensure fairness and balance.
The selection of news stories shall emphasize good taste,avoiding morbid, sensational, shocking or alarming details that are not essential to conveying the essence of the events being reported.
Where language or picture(s) that might offend the public must be used to convey the essence of the message, appropriate warning shall be given prior to the broadcast.
News and commentary on a crisis or emergency shall be presented in a professional manner by relying on information from the accredited disaster management organisation(s). This shall not debar a broad- caster from presenting additional information.
Except where it is useful in the resolution of attendant issues, morbid or graphic details of death, injury, pain and agony or evidence of such, shall not be broadcast.
A broadcaster shall not tamper with materials or facts that could usefully ameliorate the pains of the crisis
A broadcaster shall not tamper with materials or facts that could usefully ameliorate the pains of the crisis
A broadcaster shall not broadcast divisive rhetoric that threatens and compromises the indivisibility and indissolubility of Nigeria as a sovereign state.
A broadcaster shall not report a disaster in such a manner that violates or impedes security and investigations.
A broadcaster shall not report a disaster in such a manner that violates or impedes security and investigations.
