To tackle the pervasiveness of fake news and fake journalists, the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) has tasked journalists and media owners on ethical best practices and enhanced professionalism. Lamenting that fake journalists were giving journalism a bad name, the NPC leadership stressed that the media’s integrity will be upheld if gatekeepers do not downplay highly held standards of journalism and counter fake news with ethical journalism. NPC’s acting Secretary, Dr Victor Egharevba, and Director, Research and Documentation, Mrs Stella Jibrin, gave this charge at a workshop for journalists on ethical journalism, held in Akure, Ondo State. He decried that journalism had become an all-comers affair, urging individual journalists to be keen on self-pride and ethical practice. Noting that mainstream journalists had become reliant on social media, he advocated continuous training for journalists to uphold professionalism.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 30, 2019 18:22 UTC