Journalists must follow the law to avoid legal issues like lawsuits. They should respect people's privacy and not publish misleading or false information that could be considered libelous. Regulatory bodies review media content to ensure it is not offensive or harmful to the public. Their codes and guidelines help journalists produce suitable stories that do not mislead or damage individuals.

1. Legal and Ethical Issues

2. What are the key legal and ethical issues for news reporting?
It's important for journalists to know their rights to the bondards they can go and to
understand the legal and ethical implications of their actions.

3. Law
When researching a person or subject for a news story
it's important the you follow the Law. This helps avoid
being sued or prosecuted for ethir contain used in the
story itself or methods on how information was
collected. For example in 2011 News of the world had
been closed down after many years of phone hacking
and police bribery, confidential settlements totalling
£1m to three people who said their phones had been
hacked. The law is important as it provides safety
among public from misleading information that can be
seen as Liable, damaging someone's identity and
invading their privacy.

4. Relegation Body
Relegation bodies are different company that relegate (review) different media product
such as news stories and adverts. The main focus is to review that have content that may be
offensive or had complaints of the offensive, and take action either telling the company
reasonable for the advert to change certain aspect that’ll make it suitable or ban the
advertisement from public viewing.
Why media products are regulated is to be able to protect members of the public against
misleading and harmful information.
Ofcom and ASA are both such relegation bodies. As well as just relegating other focus is the
creation of codes which can be used as a guideline to prevent any of the circumstances of a
unsuitable product.