Text 17 the code of conduct sets out the union's policy with regard to the ethics and

Values of journalism

1. A journalist has a duty to maintain the highest professional and ethical standards.

2. A journalist shall at all times defend the principle of the freedom of the press and other media in relation to the collection of information and the expression of comment and criticism. He/she shall strive to eliminate distortion, news suppression and censorship.

3. A journalist shall strive to ensure that the information he/she disseminates is fair and accurate, avoid the expression of comment and conjecture as established fact and falsification by distortion, selection or misrepresentation.

4. A journalist shall rectify promptly any harmful inaccuracies, ensure that correction and apologies receive due prominence and afford the right of reply to persons criticized when the issue is of sufficient importance.

5. A journalist shall obtain information, photographs and illustrations only by straightforward means. The use of other means can be justified only by overriding considerations of the public interest. The journalist is entitled to exercise a personal conscientious objection to the use of such means.

6. A journalist shall do nothing which entails intrusion into anybody's private life, grief or distress, subject to justification by overriding considerations of the public interest.

7. A journalist shall protect confidential sources of information.

8. A journalist shall not accept bribes nor shall he/she allow other inducements to influence the performance of his/her professional duties.

9. A journalist shall not lend himself/herself to the distortion or suppression of the truth because of advertising or other considerations.

10. A journalist shall mention a person's age, sex, race, colour, creed, illegitimacy, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation only if this information is strictly relevant. A journalist shall neither originate nor process material which encourages discrimination, ridicule, prejudice or hatred on any of the above-mentioned grounds.

11. A journalist shall not interview or photograph children in connection with stories concerning their welfare without the permission of a parent or other adult responsible for their welfare.

12. No journalist shall knowingly cause or allow the publication or broadcast of a photograph that has been manipulated unless that photograph is clearly labelled as such. Manipulation does not include normal dodging, burning, colour balancing, spotting, contrast adjustment, cropping and obvious masking for legal or safety reasons.

13. A journalist shall not take private advantage of information gained in the course of his/her duties before the information is public knowledge.

14. A journalist shall not by way of statement, voice or appearance endorse by advertisement any commercial product or service save for the promotion of his/her own work or of the medium by which he/she is employed.

PART IV

KEYS TO

PRACTICE BOOKS

UNIT I

THE DISCIPLINE I MAJOR IN

Task 1

Consult the texts and a dictionary to fill in the missing parts of speech in the chat below.

Noun	Adjective	Verb
determination	Determinative/determinate	To determine/determinate
appreciation	Appreciative	To appreciate
Reward	Rewarding	To reward
exposition	Expositive/expository	To expose
comfort	Comfortable	To comfort
diligence	Diligent	-
Enquiry/inquiry	Enquiring	To enquire/inquire
willingness	Willing	To will
frustration	Frustrating	To frustrate

Task 2

Make up derivatives from the following words, check your variants with the dictionary and translate the words into Russian.

Employed - unemployed, to place – placement , regular - irregular, fear - fearless, corruptible – incorruptible, to quote - misquote, to chief -mischief, pleasant - unpleasant, friendly – unfriendly, biased – unbiased, to regard – to disregard

Task 3

Replace the following word-combinations with the expressions from the texts similar in meanings.

A precise picture - an accurate picture

The journalists’ main aim - the journalists’ primary objective

To be an educated man - to be an all-round man

To be reliable, devoted, hard-working - to be dependable, dedicated, diligent

Demands for a journalist - requirements for a journalist

To agree to work extra hours – to accept irregular hours

To gain skills – to acquire skills

To win more readers – to gain more readers

Task 4

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate preposition.

1.To be a good journalist you must like people and be interested in what they do, you must be able to get on easy and friendly terms with men and women of all sorts, however they may differ from each other or from you.

2.You will need to be able to demonstrate an ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines

3. One of the editors sums up what he considers the minimum requirements for a journalist: a thorough education, sound training and discipline; familiarity with basic skills of the journalist; a deep respect for one’s personal and professional integrity.

4. No reporter is going to get far in his career if he is bad at spelling.

5 Many people consider journalist interchangeable with reporter, a person who gathers information and creates a story

6. Why does the work of a correspondent appeal to young men and women in journalism?

7. Newspaper journalism draws on all the knowledge and skills you have acquired and can give you a tremendous sense of achievement.

Task 5.

Match the words with the definitions.

1. to look scruffy d. to look dirty and untidy

2. to be deliberately negated g. to cause to have no carefully prepared effect

3. a good scholastic record c. to have good school results

4. a dedicated professional e. a specialist devoted to his profession

5. an unbiased picture b. true/ genuine description/reflection of smth

6. to have a great deal of curiosity f. to have much interest in smth

7. an innate interest a. inborn interest

Task 6.

Fill in the gaps with the words from the box.

Dependable, virtues, dedicated, primary, accurate, unbiased, rewarding, a great deal of, dissemination, current, dissemination, edge, interchangeable, pleasant

1. A dedicated professional prepared to work long hours for little money.

2. Journalists try to pass on an accurate, unbiased picture to their readers.

3. The journalists’ primary objective is to educate, entertain and inform.

4. It is difficult to imagine more rewarding way of life than journalism.

5. A journalist should have a dependable personality, be sincere, enthusiastic, be pleasant, dedicated, responsible.

6. Ask anyone what it takes to make a journalist and you are likely to get the whole catalogue of human virtues in answer.

7. A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events and people.

8. To be a good journalist you must have a great deal of curiosity.

9. Many people consider journalist interchangeable with reporter.

10. University graduates entering journalism should consider they have perhaps a competitive edge on those who have not been to university.

Task 7

Choose the right ending for each sentence.

1. Good spelling is	a. a little about a lot and a lot about a little.
2. Punctuation is supposed	b. various types of editors, visual journalists, such as photographers, graphic artists and page designers.
3 No reporter is going to get very far in his career if	c. glamorous and exciting, but success comes only after much work and routine activity.
4 If the reporter writes straightforward, simple sentences	d. a matter of remembering.
5 Newspaper journalism is often seen as	e. to make reading easier.
6 A journalist must know	f. he will have much less trouble with punctuation.
7 The term journalist includes	g. he is bad at spelling for if he cannot spell he certainly does not know the meaning of the words he cannot spell.

1d, 2e, 3g, 4f, 5c, 6a, 7b