TERM “JOURNALIST”
REGISTRATION PROPOSED. LONDON, Saturday. The Institute of Journalists has prepared a Parliamentary Bill reserving the description "journalist” to persons registered under the statute and controlled by a registration council. The measure concerns only those desirous of describing themselves as journalists. The liberty of others to contribute to the Press remains unimpaired. The council includes representatives of the institute and the National Union of Journalists, the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association, and the universities.
The Bill provides that unregistered persons describing themselves as journalists may be fined. This docs not apply to accredited representatives of Dominion, colonial and foreign newspapers’ agencies, for which special conditions are provided.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19350225.2.49
Bibliographic details
Wairarapa Daily Times, 25 February 1935, Page 5
Word Count
106TERM “JOURNALIST” Wairarapa Daily Times, 25 February 1935, Page 5
Using This Item
National Media Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of National Media Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in