About Code of Practice

The Media Complaints Council is charged with enforcing the following Code of practice, which was framed by the Trinidad & Tobago Publishers & Broadcasters Association and ratified by the Media Complaints Council.

All members of the media have a duty to maintain the highest professional standards. In doing so, they should have regard to the provisions of this Code of Practice and to the public’s right to know.

Editors are responsible for the actions of journalists employed by their medium. They should also satisfy themselves as far as possible that the material accepted from non-staff members was obtained in accordance with this Code.

While recognising that this involves a substantial element of self-restraint by the journalist, it is designed to be acceptable in the context of the system of self-regulation. The Code applies in the spirit as well as in the letter.

It is the responsibility of editors to co-operate as swiftly as possible in MCC enquiries. A reply in seven days should be the norm. All members of the Trinidad & Tobago

Publishers & Broadcasters Association have undertaken to publish or broadcast in full, any adjudication of the MCC.

Download the Code of Practice.