Media regulator seeks to change editor rules
A Home Ministry regulation gazetted in January imposes new criteria that editors at registered media outlets have to meet.
18 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM
The Maldives Media Council wants to relax government regulations about who can be an editor, as a deadline looms for news outlets to meet the new guidelines.
A Home Ministry regulation gazetted in January imposes new criteria that editors at registered media outlets have to meet.
Editors need to be Maldivian, aged 25 and above, have a degree in journalism or a related field as well as five years experience at a ministry-registered media organisation.
The Maldives Media Council on Thursday lodged a case with the attorney general’s office to have the case heard in court to change the new criteria, VFP reported.
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