English/Nederlands
Creating media is super fun and important!
It’s essential to always ask for permission for any image, sound, or video that features you or someone else. This way, we create safe and responsible media together.
At ChildPress, we believe this is incredibly important.
We stand for trustworthy news by and for children.
Why is this important?
In today’s world, children and young people are used to posting things on social media without doing any safety checks. And often, there’s no adult reviewing or guiding what gets shared.
How do we do this?
At ChildPress, we make sure of the following:
● Reliable review by an adult: A trusted adult reviews every image, sound, or video before it is published.
● Permission from everyone involved: Together, we check that everyone who appears in the media has clearly given their consent.
Every video made by a ChildPress reporter includes a short consent video. One with the parent or guardian, and one with the interviewee, where they are shown holding the completed consent form. This ensures permission has been clearly recorded. These consent videos are kept only in our archive and are not published. They allow us to show that everything was done properly and safely.
What’s inside the ChildPress microphone handle?
The handle of the ChildPress microphone isn’t just a handle — it’s a clever bundle of rolled-up A4 sheets! Inside, you’ll find useful information on how to conduct a good interview, along with the consent form that must be filled out for each interview. This way, you always have everything you need at hand to create safe and responsible media.
Together, we make sure creating media stays fun and safe!
Code of Conduct English
Press code young journalists in short
• impartial, truthful & fair in our reporting
• in principle we credit our news sources
• publication on the basis of the right of reply
• the holder makes himself known as a journalist
by Ruud Schets
What should a publication of ChildPress be?
1) A versatile and objective news agency, aimed at enabling the reader to self-assess social issues.
2) Respect for human freedom and personal initiative.
3) Skepticism to leading behaviour, from state agencies such as from organizations and businesses, thereby promoting the interests of the district, a special task for a district newspaper.
4) Knowledge of nature and local conditions must be counted strongly when decisions are made, and this requires the press.
5) Respect for the Constitution and Society, which we have taken over and will deliver on.
based on ‘What should a newspaper like Agderposten be?’ by Anne Lise Sijthoff Stray, Arendal September 24, 1981