IRELAND
The Irish Times
MARIE O’HALLORAN
PRESS OMBUDSMAN: RTÉ SHOULD consider whether each Prime Time Investigates series should be reduced from four to three programmes to allow for the possibility a programme cannot be transmitted, a report on the broadcaster’s current affairs has recommended.
It also recommends any reporter undertaking a long-form documentary for the first time should be given a “brief, informal but intensive induction”, arranged by the editor of current affairs, a report on RTÉ’s current affairs has recommended.
The producer/director of a programme should prepare a brief risk assessment document specifically covering any potential risks such as defamation, within a month of being assigned to the production.
And it recommends any written communication from the legal representatives of an actual or potential interviewee should be dealt with exclusively by legal affairs in consultation with the recipient and current affairs editor.
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