Regulation Research

I have read through the Editors Code Of Practice (http://www.pcc.org.uk/cop/practice.html) and identified the following that appeals to what I am publishing

From the editors code of practice I have found out that I have to do the following:

·          I have learnt that I have to ask permission to take photos of the bands used in my magazine. I can’t have any sneaky photos of them that they do not know about.

·          If the people I ask to take pictures of say no, I can not keep asking and pressurising them into doing so.

·          I have to ask permission of the school to take pictures of the band.

·          If I wanted a person aged 16 or under to be in my magazine I would have to ask permission from the school to photograph and interview them.

Here is a summary of what the editors code of practice is.

THE editors' CODE

All members of the press have a duty to maintain the highest professional standards. The Code, which includes this preamble and the public interest exceptions below, sets the benchmark for those ethical standards, protecting both the rights of the individual and the public's right to know. It is the cornerstone of the system of self-regulation to which the industry has made a binding commitment.

It is essential that an agreed code be honoured not only to the letter but in the full spirit. It should not be interpreted so narrowly as to compromise its commitment to respect the rights of the individual, nor so broadly that it constitutes an unnecessary interference with freedom of expression or prevents publication in the public interest.

It is the responsibility of editors and publishers to apply the Code to editorial material in both printed and online versions of publications. They should take care to ensure it is observed rigorously by all editorial staff and external contributors, including non-journalists, in printed and online versions of publications.

Editors should co-operate swiftly with the PCC in the resolution of complaints. Any publication judged to have breached the Code must print the adjudication in full and with due prominence, including headline reference to the PCC.