Comments on: NUJ seeks sensitive reports on immigrants http://interjunction.org/news/journalist-body-seeks-sensitive-reporting-on-immigrants/ media meets academia: site on media-related issues: journalism, media ethics, history and responsibilities, media effects and globalisation, and journalism education Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:41:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Cath Squires http://interjunction.org/news/journalist-body-seeks-sensitive-reporting-on-immigrants/#comment-144 Cath Squires Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:37:00 +0000 http://interjunction.org/news/journalist-body-seeks-sensitive-reporting-on-immigrants/#comment-144 This article reminds me of similar "guidebook" approaches to diversity in journalism. I guess my question is, what is the accountability mechanism here? What oversight (if any) is there to see if journalists begin the surface work of using different lingo to describe asylum seekers? What about matters beyond labels and sourcing? Does the NUJ have plans to periodically check in on whether the guide is making a difference in how reporters describe immigrant populations? I wonder if anyone else out there has seen that type of follow-up in action. Peace, Cath This article reminds me of similar “guidebook” approaches to diversity in journalism. I guess my question is, what is the accountability mechanism here? What oversight (if any) is there to see if journalists begin the surface work of using different lingo to describe asylum seekers? What about matters beyond labels and sourcing? Does the NUJ have plans to periodically check in on whether the guide is making a difference in how reporters describe immigrant populations? I wonder if anyone else out there has seen that type of follow-up in action.

Peace,

Cath

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