Thursday, 28 July 2016

COMMUNIQUE FROM THE DEFENCE CORRESPONDENTS SEMINAR 2016

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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