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Putting the Human Into Human Trafficking Reporting: Tips for Interviewing Survivors. The Irina Proyect

Migration and asylum policy is as much about reality as it is about perception – perception by policy makers/politicians and by citizens/voters of what is happening and how it can be managed.

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Here are resources for reporters who are covering immigration.

This article is focused on research that can help workaday journalists do the difficult job of reporting the news, and no such column could be complete without a nod to the humanitarian crisis dominating coverage in recent weeks, namely the ongoing…

The way in which migration is reported on can have damaging, and even fatal, impacts. Media pieces on migration tend to focus on negative imaging and consequences of cross-border migration, without taking into account the wealth and diversity that comes…

This handbook seeks to provide guidance for journalists so they can: ► Better understand the complexities of migration. ► Explain how migration can be covered through people- and rights-based storytelling. ► Have a solid understanding of where and how…

It’s important for editors, reporters, subeditors and photographers to realise that, when we get it wrong, people suffer directly. Sloppy, unprofessional work on these subjects always hurts the vulnerable in some way. That means always: checking and…

Asylum and immigration remain controversial, newsworthy topics about which people have strong opinions. This NUJ leaflet is designed to assist working journalists to cover stories about refugees.

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The “Do No Harm” approach must prevail when reporting on labour migration (ILO)

Media should cover migration-related issues in a thorough and nuanced way, based on solid facts. While the Rome Charter on the one hand suggests guidelines for Italian journalists when reporting on asylum seekers, refugees, victims and migrants, on the…

SPJ's Ethics Committee's purpose is to encourage the use of the Society's Code of Ethics, which promotes the highest professional standards for journalists of all disciplines. Public concerns are often answered by this committee. It also acts as a spotter…

The Accountable Journalism database compiles international codes of media ethics from around the world and is the largest resource of its kind.

Adopted in 1998, the Declaration commits Member States to respect and promote principles and rights in four categories, whether or not they have ratified the relevant Conventions.

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is strongly supporting the initiative of its affiliate in Greece the Journalists’ Union of Macedonia and Thrace Daily Newspapers (ESIEMTH) – who drafted a proposal for the adoption of the Anti-racism Ethics Code…

The Rome Charter, a code of conduct on migrants, asylum-seekers, refugees and victims of trafficking adopted by the National Council of the Journalists’ Professional Association (Consiglio Nazionale dell’Ordine dei Giornalisti, CNOG) and the Italian…

The IFJ Global Charter of Ethics for Journalists was adopted at the 30th IFJ World Congress in Tunis on 12 June 2019. It completes the IFJ Declaration of Principles on the Conduct of Journalists (1954), known as the ”Bordeaux Declaration". The Charter is…

The toolkit is dedicated to journalists, journalism students, NGO workers involved in communications and all those who engage with the issue of migration in their work.

The migration and refugee crisis in Europe not only presents a humanitarian crisis that demands political and social attentions; it also demands the media to act responsibly by reporting in a fair, accurate and accountable manner.