Uses and Abuses of Professional Deontology. A Case History of the Bucharest Journalists’ Trade Union - the ‘first instance court’ for Romanian journalists

The documents presented in this article have not been previously published and present the journalists’ self-regulation means – the honorary jury. The affiliation to a professional association gives one the right to hold accountable the person/persons guilty of disciplinary offences in violation of the association’s statute and of the profession’s norms. All documents make reference to the activity of the honorary jury of the Bucharest Journalists’ Trade Union and are part of a private collection – the Eugen Filotti Fund.

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