Transcription of MEDIA OMBUDSMAN NaMibia
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MEDIA OMBUDSMAN NaMibia 1 MEDIA OMBUDSMAN NaMibia35 Schuber t Street, Windhoek WestTelephone & Fax: 061 225 344 Cell: 081 129 8158, Email: MEDIA OMBUDSMAN NaMibia MEDIA OMBUDSMAN NaMibia 3introducing the MEDIA OMBUDSMAN 5 Summary: Code of Ethics for the Namibian MEDIA 6 Quick Guide to the Complaints Procedure 8 Complaints Committee 11 Constitution 12 Code of Ethics 16 Complaints Procedure 20 CONTENT4 MEDIA OMBUDSMAN NamibiaMEDIA OMBUDSMAN LAUNCh - 13 November 2009 MEDIA OMBUDSMAN NaMibia 5 I make bold as to say that democracy is not possible without a robust, fearless, independent and probing MEDIA . As a watchdog, the MEDIA must strive to encourage the ethic of hard work, honesty and integrity in the conduct of public affairs by those who hold public office as this will cascade down to the rest of our social fabric fabric Justice Petrus Damaseb, Judge President of NaMibia (26 June 2007) INTrODUCING ThE MEDIA OMBUDSMANin NaMibia and other democratic countries, newspapers, radio, TV and other MEDIA bear a heavy responsibility to keep the public informed.
Media Ombudsman Namibia 5 “I make bold as to say that democracy is not possible without a robust, fearless, independent and probing media. As a
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