Guidelines for the Application of the Rome Charter: A Working Tool for Accurate Media Coverage on Migration and Asylum
Rome: Associazione Carta di Roma (2012), 23 pp.
Contains glossary pp. 20-22
Focusing on the local media and on the European dimension, 5
SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF JOURNALISM ON THE TOPIC
1 Covering migration for current affairs news, 7
2 Interviewing asylum-seekers, refugees, victims of trafficking and migrants, 9
3 Reporting on the political and public debate, 10
4 Reporting on data/statistics and on opinion polls, 11
5 Local information sources and the role of foreign journalists, 12
6 Public service information in the local media, 13
7 Online information, 13
8 Terminology, 15
9 Focusing on particularly vulnerable groups: minors, Roma and Sinti, 16
A diversity checklist for journalists, 19
SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF JOURNALISM ON THE TOPIC
1 Covering migration for current affairs news, 7
2 Interviewing asylum-seekers, refugees, victims of trafficking and migrants, 9
3 Reporting on the political and public debate, 10
4 Reporting on data/statistics and on opinion polls, 11
5 Local information sources and the role of foreign journalists, 12
6 Public service information in the local media, 13
7 Online information, 13
8 Terminology, 15
9 Focusing on particularly vulnerable groups: minors, Roma and Sinti, 16
A diversity checklist for journalists, 19
