1. PRESS COMPLAINT COMMISION

2.  The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) a
voluntary press organisation founded in 1953
with the aim of maintaining high standards of
ethics in journalism for British printed
newspapers and magazines which deals with
complaints about the editorial content.

3.  There are 16 codes of
practice on which
judgments are made are
as follows to journalists:
:

4.  Accuracy
 Opportunity to reply
 Privacy
 Harassment
 Intrusion into grief or shock
 Children
 Children in sex cases
 Hospitals

5.  Reporting of Crime
 Clandestine devices and subterfuge
 Victims of sexual assault
 Discrimination
 Financial journalism
 Confidential sources
 Witness payments in criminal trials
 Payment to criminals

6.  I understood and aware the media regulations for
my local newspaper before writing my article,
whether what include or not. The importance of
PCC and the Code of Practice they are added
protection particularly vulnerable groups of
people. The Code gives special protection to
children, innocent relatives and friends of those
convicted of crime, victims of sexual assault and
patients being treated in hospital. It also includes
rules on discrimination to protect individuals at
risk of racial, religious, sexual or other forms of
discrimination.