Child Rights and the Media: Putting Children in the Right. Guideline for Journalists and Media Professionals
Brussels: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2002), 72 pp.
Introduction / Aidan White, 3
Why journalists need guidelines for reporting on children, 11
What human rights do children have ? 14
How are young people abused or exploited ? 21
The media role in reporting on abuse, 26
Topical issues of child abuse and exploitation, 29
Unions seek ‘relationship of trust’ with media, 31
Can you link street children and the global economy? 33
Reporting on sexual exploitation of children in tourism: A West African perspective / Kabral Blay-Amihere, 39
Awareness training for media professionals / Charlotte Barry & Mike Jempson, 43
Interviewing, photographing and filming children, 50
Guidelines and principles for reporting on issues involving children, 61
Recommendations for raising awareness of child rights, 64
Cover story: The Out of Focus Group, 67
Appendix: Tourist industry against exploitation, 69
Why journalists need guidelines for reporting on children, 11
What human rights do children have ? 14
How are young people abused or exploited ? 21
The media role in reporting on abuse, 26
Topical issues of child abuse and exploitation, 29
Unions seek ‘relationship of trust’ with media, 31
Can you link street children and the global economy? 33
Reporting on sexual exploitation of children in tourism: A West African perspective / Kabral Blay-Amihere, 39
Awareness training for media professionals / Charlotte Barry & Mike Jempson, 43
Interviewing, photographing and filming children, 50
Guidelines and principles for reporting on issues involving children, 61
Recommendations for raising awareness of child rights, 64
Cover story: The Out of Focus Group, 67
Appendix: Tourist industry against exploitation, 69
