UK print journalism codes of conduct

 

PCC Code of Practice:

 

Long, in-depth piece covering the following headings:

 

• Accuracy
• Opportunity to reply
• Privacy
• Harassment
• Intrusion into grief or shock
• Children
• Children in sex cases
• Listening devices
• Hospitals
• Innocent relatives and friends
• Misrepresentation
• Victims of sexual assault
• Discrimination
• Financial journalism
• Confidential sources
• Payment for articles
• The public interest

 

Interestingly, and importantly, nothing on “public health” except as a definition of public interest, meaning that it is excusable to override one or more of the other clauses if it will get you a story of relevance to public health. No suggestion that public wellbeing might be affected by the story itself.

 

NUJ Code of Conduct

 

13-point code, in which the effects on the readership are completely ignored. A section on “harmful inaccuracies” refers to libel, i.e. harmful to the subject of the story rather than the readers.