The Professional Journalist

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IPSO’s Role

  • Oversees adherence to the Editor’s Code of Practice (by its member publications).


  • Ensures ethical standards.


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What can IPSO do?

  • Offer advice to journalists and ‘victims’

  • Investigate/handle complaints under the Editor’s Code.

  • Investigate systemic breaches of standards.

  • Fine a publisher - in theory up to £1m (for systemic breaches of the code).

  • Make rulings

  • Require corrections


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Clauses for the Editor’s Code of Practice

(The IPSO code)

  1. Accuracy

  2. *Privacy

  3. *Harassment

  4. Intrusion into grief and shock

  5. *Reporting suicide

  6. *Children

  7. *Children in sex cases

  8. *Hospitals

  9. *Reporting crime

  10. *Clandestine devices and subterfuge

  11. Victims of sexual assault

  12. Discrimination

  13. Financial journalism

  14. Confidential sources

  15. Witness payments in criminal trials

  16. *Payment to criminals


*Public interest - may be exceptions to the clauses where it can be demonstrated to be in the public interest.


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Public interest

Includes but is not confined to:

  • Detecting/exposing crime or threat of crime.

  • Protecting public health or safety

  • Protecting the public from being mislead by an action/statement made by an individual/organisation.

  • Disclosing a person/organisation’s (likely) failure to comply with any obligation they’re subject to.

  • Disclosing a miscarriage of justice.

  • Raising/contributing to a public debate.


  • There is public interest in freedom of expression itself.

  • Exceptional public interest would need to be demonstrated to override interests of children under 16.


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IPSO Code clause 1

Accuracy

  1. Don’t publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information/images - including headlines not supported by the text

  2. A significant mistake must be corrected promptly, and where appropriate an apology published.

  3. A fair opportunity to reply to significant inaccuracies should be given, when reasonably called for.

  4. Must distinguish clearly between comment, conjecture and fact.

  5. Press must report the outcome of an action of defamation its been involved in, fairly and accurately, unless an agreed settlement is published or states otherwise.


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IPSO Code clause 2

*Privacy

  1. Everyone is entitled to respect for their private/family life, home, physical and mental health, as well as correspondence, including digital communications.

  2. Editors are expected to justify intrusions into private life without consent.

  3. You can’t photograph people, without consent, in private or public places where there’s a reasonable expectation of privacy


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IPSO Code clause 3

*Harassment

  1. Must not intimidate or harass people

  2. Don’t persist in questioning, phoning or photographing people once asked to stop; don’t remain on property when asked to leave, and don’t follow them.

  3. If asked, you must identify yourself and who you represent.