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The UJF has urged that in deciding on the strategy of Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company the body’s administrative council will “constantly ensure that fair working conditions and quality in outsourcing are realised.” In a statement on the strategy the union points out that Yle must ensure that in procuring productions it must abide byRead More
UJF president Hanne Aho says that departure of the director of news and current affairs at Yle promotes the resolution of the crisis that has gripped the public broadcaster in recent months. “The most important thing is that Yle staff are allowed to get on with their work,” said Aho.
The external review of the operations of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle) has found that while the public broadcaster operates independently, Yle needs to put its house in order with respect to its journalistic management. The review was conducted by Professor Olli Mäenpää, who headed the independent media watchdog the Council for Mass Media (CMM)Read More
UJF president says there should be clear legislation on delineation of powers in public broadcaster.
Yle commissions external review of its journalistic decision-making.
For the sake of Yle’s credibility and the environment in its newsrooms, we need an outside investigation of what has really happened, says UJF President.
Union president calls proposals a “victory for common sense”.