SSM wants to involve SRG and publishers in the Press Council

 The Board of the Swiss Syndicate of Media Professionals (SSM) has given the green light to the expansion of the Press Council. It recommends that its delegates in the Press Council approve the inclusion of publishers and SRG. The negotiated agreement is very good and strengthens the self-regulatory body, the SSM board said in a statement. With the recognition of the Press Council and the journalistic code, media companies are to be integrated into ethical responsibility. Journalistic ethics should become a common concern of the media industry. Like the journalists' professional association Impressum, the SSM would like publishers to take a step towards a new collective employment agreement in return: Because good working conditions would contribute to ethical standards in journalism, publishers in German-speaking Switzerland should also return to a partnership-based agreement when it comes to the CLA, the press release states. Impressum had already agreed to the extension of the Press Council (see
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