DEFINING THE ROLES, FUNCTION, AND COMPETENCIES OF COMMUNICATORS AND JOURNALIST

 TO MAKE AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT ISSUE THAT MATTER TO
THEM IN THE MOST NEUTRAL WAY POSSIBLE.

 THEY PROVIDE FACTS FOR THE PUBLIC TO FORM JUDGMENT AND DECISIONS.

 IN SOME CASES, THEY FACILITATE ACCURATE PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS OF SUCH FACTS IN A
PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL WAY.

TO COLLECT AND DOCUMENT INFORMATION, FACTS AND OPINIONS, AND PRESENT THEM FOR PUBLIC
ANALYSIS AND DEEPINING TO THE ROOT OF REALITY.
 TO DELIVER TRUTH AND FACTS, PROFESSIONALS ARE AT THE SERVICE OF TRUTH.
 TO GATHER NEWS, FACTS AND INFORMATIONS THAT CRITICAL TO PUBLIC LIFE AND WELL-BEING.
 BEUNG PRESENT WHERE THE NEWS IS HAPPENING AND THE ABILITY TO RECORD IT ACCURATELY WITH
AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY
 LISTENING, READING, WRITING AND SPEAKING SKILLS.
 LISTENING AND READING ARE DATA- AND INFORMATION-GATHERING SKILLS NECESSARY FOR ACCURATE
WRITING AND SPEAKING.
 POOR WRITING AND SPEAKING SKILLS CAN DISTORT THE MESSAGE REGARDLESS OG THE GOOD INTENTIONS
OF THE COMMUNICATOR.
 AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION OF COMMUNICATORS AND JOURNALIST
 SPEECH WRITING AND TAKING MINUTES OF A MEETING; ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND SALES; 
 COMMUNICATION EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC MEDIA, RADIOTELEVISION, AND BROADCASTING; 
 PUBLIC RELATIONS; JOURNALISM; THEATER, PERFORMING ARTS, AND DRAMATIC ARTS; 
 PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND OPINION MANAGEMENT; AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MANAGEMENT
AND NEGOTIATIONS.
THE SPECIALIZATION CAN BE IN COPY OF…

 COPY WRITING
 PRODUCTION DIRECTING
 PROFESSIONAL BLOGGING
 COMMUNICATION EDUCATION
 LANGUAGE ARTS COORDINATION
 FORENSIC AND DEBATE COACHING
 DRAMA DIRECTING
 FILM AND TAPE LIBRARIAN
 NEWS EDITING
 NEWS DIRECTING
 NEWS WRITING
 NEWS ANCHORING
 TRANSMITTER ENGINEERING
 TECHNICAL DIRECTING
 OURNALISTS CAN ALSO SPECIALIZED…
 REPORTING
 NEWS EDITING
 NEWS CASTING
 AUTJOR
 COPYWRITING
 SCRIPT WRITING
 PUBLISHING
 NEWS SERVICE RESARCH
 TECHNICAL WRITING
 ACQUISITION EDITING
 INTERVIEWING
 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNICATORS AND JOURNALIST
 THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATION IS WIDE AND ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF BUSINESS AND HUMAN
ORGANIZATION HAS COMMUNICATION SPECIALISTS OR ROLES.
  COMPANIES HAVE TO RELATE WITH COSTUMERS, CLIENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
 THE SAME IS TRUE FOR GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THE NEED TO HEARD, TO BE
UNDERSTOOD, TO BE FOLLOWED AND TO CONVINCE OTHERS REQUIRE COMMUNICATION.
 PROFESSIONALS PURSUING CAREERS IN COMMUNICATION HAVE MANY OPTIONS.
 RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND ACCOUNTABILITIES OF COMMUNICATORS AND JOURNALISTS
 ACCOUNTABILITY IS NECESSITY FOR COMMUNICATORS AND JOURNALISTS BECAUSE IT ESTABLISHED TO
SAFEGUARD THE INTEGRITY OF MEDIA AND PROTECTION.
 TO ENSURE THAT CITIZENS ARE ABLE TO ORIGINATE CONTENT AND CONTIBUTE TO MEDIA CONTENT 
 AND NOT JUST REMAIN PASSIVE CONSUMERS  OF MEDIA OUTPUT.
 TO EXERCISE AND LIVE BY AND WHICH MUST PROVIDES GUARANTEES AGAINST CENSORSHIP AND
PRETECTION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
  SAFEGUARDING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF JOURNALISTIC SOURCES
 ENSURING THAT INFORMATION HELD BY THE GOVERNMENT CAN BE TIMELY AND EASILY ACESSED BY THE
PUBLIC
 CODE OF ETHICS OF COMMUNICATORS AND JOURNALISTS
 HAVE CODES OF ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARD BASED SELF-REGULATION.
 THE GENERAL RULE IS RESPECT FOR TRUTHFULNESS AND RESPECT FOR PEOPLES’S RIGHTS.
 THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONALS, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) CONSIDERS
THE CODE OF ETHICS AS BEING AT THE HEART OF GOOD COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM FOR IT FOSTERS
PROFESSIONAL SELF-CENSORSHIP AMONG PROFESSIONALS IN THE INDUSTRY.
 NJU CODE OF CONDUCT
 THE NJU’S CODE OF CONDUCT HAS SET OUT THE MAIN PRINCIPLES OF BRITISH AND IRISH JOURNALISM SINCE
1936. THE CODE IS PART OF THE RULES AND ALL JOURNALISTS JOINING THE UNION MUST SIGN THAT THEY
WILL STRIVE TO ADHERE IT. 

A JOURNALIST:

1. AT ALL TIMES UPHOLDS AND DEFENDS THE PRINCIPLE OF MEDIA FREEDOM, THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF
EXPRESSION AND THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO BE INFORMED.
2. STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT INFORMATION DISSEMINATED IS HONESTLY CONVEYED, ACCURATE, AND FAIR.
3. 3. DOES HIS/HER UTMOST TO CORREST HARMFUL INACCURACIES.
4. 4. DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN RQCT AND OPINION.
5. 5. OBTAINS MATERIAL BY HONEST, STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND OPEN MEANS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 
INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE BOTH OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND WHICH INVOLVE
EVIDENCE THAT CANNOT BE OBTAINED  BY STRAIGHTFIRWARD MEANS.
6. 6. DOES NOTHING TO INTRUDE INTO ANYBODYS’S  PRIVATE LIFE , GRIEF, OR DISTRESS UNLESS JUSTIFIED  BY
OVERRIDING CONSIDERATION OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
7. 7. PROTECTS THE IDENTIFY OF SOURCES WHOSUPPLY INFORMATION IN CONFIDENCE AND MATERIAL
GATHERED IN THE COURSE OF HIS/HER WORK.
8. 8. RESIST THREATS OR ANY OTHER INDUCEMENTS TO INFLUENCE, DISTORT, OR SUPRESS INFORMATION AND
TAKES NO UNFAIR PERSONAL ADVANTAGE OF INFORMATION GAINED IN THE COURSE OF HIS/HER DUTIES
BEFORE THE INFORMATION IS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.
9. 9. PRODUCES NO MATERIAL LIKELY TO LEAD TO HATRED OR DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF A
PERSON’S AGE, GENDER, RACE, COLOR, CREED, LEGAL STATUS, DISABILITY, MARITAL STATUS, OR SEXUAL
ORIENTATION.
10. 10. DOES NOT BY WAY OF STATEMENT, VOICE, OR APPEARANCE ENDORSE BY ADVERTISEMENT ANY
COMMERCIAL PRODUCT OR SERVICE SAVE FOR THE PROMOTION OF HIS/HER OWN WORK OR 9F THE MEDIUM
BY WHICH SHE/HE IS EMPLOYED.
11. 11. SHALL NORMALLY SEEK THE CONSENT OF AN APPROPRIATE ADULT WHEN INTERVIEWING OR
PHOTOGRAPHING A CHILD FOR A STORY ABOUT HIS/HER WELFARE.
12. 12. AVOIDS PLAGIARISM
13. CONCLUSION
14. WE CONCLUDE THAT THERE ARE CAREER OPPURTUNITIES FOR COMMUNICATORS AND JOURNALIST. ALSO
RESPONSIBILITIES, AND ACCOUNTABILITIES OF COMMUNICATORS AND JOURNALISTS. THIS LESSON TACKLES
ABOUT THE CODE OF ETHICS OF COMMUNICATORS AND JOURNALISTS.