The Legal Limits of Journalism

Service Description

Facilitator: Richard Akinnola - Veteran judiciary correspondent and newspaper editor; Executive Director, Media Law Centre. Course Objectives To equip participants with a clear understanding of the legal framework governing journalism practice. To help journalists identify legal risks in news gathering, writing and publication. To strengthen capacity for responsible reporting within constitutional and statutory limits. Course Outline 1. The constitutional framework for the media 2. ⁠ Journalists and the disclosure of sources of information 3. ⁠Reporting restrictions 4. ⁠False news and press freedom 5. ⁠Defamation 6. Criminal defamation and sedition