Training on Secret Recording and Confidential Sources was Held
19.05.2018
On May 5-6 the first training on secret
recording and confidential sources was held and attended by 21
journalists. Rule of Law Direction Head at Institute of Development
Freedom of Information (IDFI) Giorgi Beraia lead the first day of
the training. He discussed European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)
Standards regarding secret recording and protection of journalists'
sources from disclosure. Next day investigative journalist Giorgi
Mgeladze provided overview Georgian legislation and ethical
standards on ways of obtaining and spreading documents of criminal
cases, secret audio/video recording by journalist and working with
confidential sources.