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“Media Azi” Broadcast, 43rd Edition: Filming with candid camera, between deontology and public interest

25 May 2017
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With the development of information technologies, journalists can film video and record audio, sometimes without telling their sources. But what are the restrictions and what rules should they observe in order not to contradict professional ethics and legal provisions?

These issues were discussed in the 43rd edition of the “Media Azi” show by journalist Anastasia Nani as moderator and her guests, investigative reporter at RISE Moldova Liuba Sevciuc and lawyer Olivia Pirtac.

The protagonists of the show spoke about the cases when media representatives use candid cameras. From the show you can find out in what conditions journalists can resort to such information techniques and what the law says in this regard.

You can also see how delicate the boundary is between the rights of the person to private life and property and the rights of the journalist to information of public interest, which he sometimes cannot obtain otherwise than by using such information technologies.

Some of the journalists’ questions are answered in the show as well: How fair is it, in terms of professional ethics, to shoot with a candid camera and to broadcast such videos? How do we proceed when we film with a candid camera in a public place? Can candid camera footage be used as evidence in court?

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“Media Azi” broadcast is weekly produced by the Independent Journalism Center. It is intended to disclose the problems faced at present by the journalists of the domestic media and to identify solutions to hem. The broadcast may be viewed on the websites www.moldova-azi.md,  Media Azi and Mediacritica, as well as on the Youtube channel of the Independent Journalism Center. 

The broadcast was produced with the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, provided by the means of the Embassy of Sweden in Chisinau.