He announced that Conape is advocating for a professionalization law to exist, one that recognizes the career of journalism and that parameters be set.
Griselda Melo, president of Conape. Photo: Radio Panama
This Tuesday, May 3, World Press Freedom Day is commemorated, and the journalist and president of the National Association of Journalists (Conape), Griselda Melo, spoke about this issue, asserting that under the regulations that there is a right to freedom of expression is violating the exercise of journalism in our country.
He mentioned that under this regulation, “now anyone who has a cell phone or knows how to write well can be called a journalist. Unfortunately, many media have become Calle Arriba and Calle Abajo, and on many occasions we are bordering on debauchery because there are pseudo-journalists.”
Melo expressed that it is necessary to look at the risks that exist with the treatment of the news. “Whoever wants to practice journalism should enter the classroom to train; we are not going to enter into a debate with those colleagues who are empiricists who have practiced the profession for more than 15 to 20 years, they have earned their position, but in In recent years we have seen a number of people who now call themselves journalists,” he said.
He announced that Conape is advocating for a professionalization law to exist, one that recognizes the career of journalism and that parameters be set.
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