Recommandations aux journalistes qui enquêtent sur les migrations et les minorités

The guide outlines best practices for journalists covering migration and minorities, emphasizing the need to avoid stereotypes, dehumanizing language, and sensationalism. It advocates for the inclusion of diverse perspectives, including those of migrants themselves, and insists on grounding reports in factual data and deep context rather than political narratives. Specific recommendations include avoiding the term 'illegal' to describe people and critically contextualizing hate speech or political claims.

• Journalists are advised to avoid generalizations and stereotypes, recognizing that migrants and minority groups (such as Muslims, Jews, or Roma) are diverse communities of individuals rather than a single, monolithic entity.
• The guide warns against using dehumanizing language that compares human movement to natural disasters or invasions, and explicitly instructs journalists not to use the adjective 'illegal' when describing migrants.
• Reporting should prioritize deep context over immediate events, including the root causes of migration and the obligations of states regarding the right to asylum, while avoiding the assumption of a structural link between migration and terrorism.
• Journalists should include the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants, while critically contextualizing or challenging hate speech and political statements rather than reproducing them for shock value.
• Ethical reporting requires balancing the public's right to information with the privacy and safety of migrants, particularly regarding the risk of reprisals against the source or their family in their home country.

APA

World Association for Christian Communication (n.d.). Recommandations aux journalistes qui enquêtent sur les migrations et les minorités. https://waccglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Recommendations-For-Journalists-Reporting-On-Migration-And-Minorities_FRENCH.pdf

Chicago

World Association for Christian Communication. Recommandations aux journalistes qui enquêtent sur les migrations et les minorités. n.d. https://waccglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Recommendations-For-Journalists-Reporting-On-Migration-And-Minorities_FRENCH.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldassociationforchristiancommunicationndrecommandations, author = {{World Association for Christian Communication}}, title = {{Recommandations aux journalistes qui enquêtent sur les migrations et les minorités}}, institution = {World Association for Christian Communication}, url = {https://waccglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Recommendations-For-Journalists-Reporting-On-Migration-And-Minorities_FRENCH.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }