Journalists told to stop flavouring stories with qualifiers

BY NDUMBE BELL JOSEPH GASTON IN DOUALA Journalists have been told to preserve the ethics of the profession by avoiding qualifiers that tilt or hinge towards advertisements and public relations in reporting events. Instead, practitioners should uphold the profession by telling the story as it is using the fine line that avoids advertisements and public relations. The precautionary event was held at the Douala Regional LinguisticCentre as part of activities to celebrate the World Press Freedom Day sponsored by the American Government through their embassy in Cameroon at a time when the profession is at risk in many countries of…