From mid-June, journalists will have a new handbook to help them understand and handle ethical situations and dilemmas.  Thomson Reuters Foundation has produced the “Ethics Handbook for Journalists” in English and Arabic versions, using a legacy from journalist Mona Megalli who died from cancer in February 2007. Born and raised in Egypt, Mona moved to the United States in her mid-teens and later became a reporter covering events around the world for more than 20 years. She was committed to the principles of free and fair journalism and, when she learned that illness would cut her life short, she made provision for a fund to promote journalism ethics, focused on the region of her birth.

Written by Paul Holmes, the Reuters Global Editor for Political and General News 2002-2007 and an Ethics Fellow of the Poynter Institute for Journalism Studies, the handbook seeks to serve as a guide on complex ethical issues rather than claiming to provide answers to all challenges.

Both language versions of the handbook will be launched at a reception at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Cairo on June 16, honouring Mona’s legacy.  Thomson Reuters Foundation’s invitation list for the celebration includes more than 100 Arab journalists and media workers, managers and owners from Egypt and the region. The handbook will be made widely available and will be an additional resource used by Thomson Reuters Foundation in its training programmes. The handbook costs £5.00 (plus £2.00 for postage and packing) and is available to buy from the following links:

UK - English
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