COMMUNIQUE
1. Defence Correspondents and military information managers need
regular training to improve capacity in defense reportage.
2. Experienced reporters should be assigned to Defence and
security beat
3. Military information managers should give timely access to
information to Defence correspondents.
4. There should be enhanced interpersonal relationship between military
information managers and Defence correspondents.
5. The Defence Correspondents are encouraged to do more
investigative reports.
6. There is need for confidence building and trust between military
information managers and Defence correspondents.
7. Need to engage in official and unofficial communication with
Defence correspondents to agree on what to report and what not to report.
8. Military information managers should de-emphasize the
recurrent preference to foreign media outfits in Defence /security related
matters.
9. That there should be transparency and openness in the
management of information on military operations.
10. That military authorities should organize this kind of seminar
and workshop from time to time.
11. That Defence correspondents should report all military
operations with sense of responsibility and patriotism to promote national
security.
12. That the military should devise strategy to honour officers and
men who paid the supreme price in Defence of the fatherland.
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