Press Council committed to media ethics and financial independence
The Swiss Press Council would like to to become more involved in the media ethics debate.
The Swiss Press Council would like to
to increasingly promote the discussion of media ethics. This should
be achieved by means of intensified public relations work, as Press Council President Peter Studer explains according to the
SDA news agency at a media conference in
Zurich announced. The plan is to increasingly use its own initiative again.
to address media ethics issues, such as the protection of the
privacy or the separation of editorial and commercial activities.
content. The Press Council would also like to become more involved in
participate in debates, support training and further education and
publish an annual collection of leading decisions and the Vademecum
relaunch. The Press Council is responsible for implementing these future plans.
on additional financial resources, which on the one hand are provided by
companies and, on the other hand, by increasing the contributions of
journalists' associations. As the SDA further reported,
financial independence is also a long-term goal of the
Press Council. With the help of a patronage committee yet to be determined
The aim is to build up an endowment capital of three
million francs can be raised. Such capital fundraising
the Press Council, as it refuses to authorize the publishers as well as the
TV and radio broadcasters, as this would jeopardize the independence of the
Press Council could be jeopardized. The 65 to 70 articles published annually
Opinions are based on the declaration of duties and rights
of journalists and
Journalists. Recently, the directive concerning
Interviews and search interviews as well as the directive on the protection
privacy modified.
to increasingly promote the discussion of media ethics. This should
be achieved by means of intensified public relations work, as Press Council President Peter Studer explains according to the
SDA news agency at a media conference in
Zurich announced. The plan is to increasingly use its own initiative again.
to address media ethics issues, such as the protection of the
privacy or the separation of editorial and commercial activities.
content. The Press Council would also like to become more involved in
participate in debates, support training and further education and
publish an annual collection of leading decisions and the Vademecum
relaunch. The Press Council is responsible for implementing these future plans.
on additional financial resources, which on the one hand are provided by
companies and, on the other hand, by increasing the contributions of
journalists' associations. As the SDA further reported,
financial independence is also a long-term goal of the
Press Council. With the help of a patronage committee yet to be determined
The aim is to build up an endowment capital of three
million francs can be raised. Such capital fundraising
the Press Council, as it refuses to authorize the publishers as well as the
TV and radio broadcasters, as this would jeopardize the independence of the
Press Council could be jeopardized. The 65 to 70 articles published annually
Opinions are based on the declaration of duties and rights
of journalists and
Journalists. Recently, the directive concerning
Interviews and search interviews as well as the directive on the protection
privacy modified.
