MEAA backs journalists calling for ‘ethical’ reporting on Israel-Gaza war

Kalila Welch

November 27, 2023 2:03

The MEAA (media, entertainment and arts alliance) has called for the protection of journalists who have signed an open-letter petitioning newsrooms to cover the events in Israel and Palestine with “integrity, transparency and rigour”.

The letter, which has been signed by 273 journalists and media bodies since its publication on Friday, stressed the risks of “both-sideism”, warning that the “disproportionate human suffering of the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza should not be minimised”. The petition outlines seven steps for Australian newsrooms to improve coverage, with signatories from across the ABC, the Guardian, Schwartz Media, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald and others publications.

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Kalila Welch

Kalila Welch joined the Mumbrella editorial team in November 2021. She took a brief career break in mid 2023 to complete her Masters of Journalism before returning to Mumbrella for a year.

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1 COMMENTS

Carmel 5 Dec 23

While I acknowledge the right of the journalist to have there own opinions, views and beliefs.
As a reader I have the right to know if the journalist is an activists, the minimum decency when a journalist report or participate in preparing a report they need to declare they signed on such a letter.

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