Several sections of the National College of Journalists of Venezuela rejected on Monday the announcement made by the National Institute for Socialist Educational Training (Inces) to offer reporter training workshops, “flagrantly violating the Law on the Exercise of Journalism” in force in the country .
“Free professional training within reach of a click, obtain your certification as a Reporter online and for free,” the agency wrote on its Twitter account this Sunday, January 29, offering certification for “some curricular units of the study plan », creditable to university studies.
The Miranda branch stepped forward and rejected Inces’ claim of wanting to train reporters in three months. The union recalled Article 2 of the Law on the Practice of Journalism, which establishes that to practice the profession it is mandatory to “possess a degree in Journalism, a Degree in Social Communication or an equivalent degree, issued in the country by a University, or a revalidated degree. legally; and be registered in the National College of Journalists (CNP) and in the Journalist Social Welfare Institute (IPSP)…”.
The Secretary General of the CNP-Caracas, Edgar Cárdenas, also spoke on Twitter to remind that the professional practice of journalism corresponds to journalists graduated from a university. “Reporting work is carried out by a journalist,” he said at the time of wondering “so with an express course is it intended to train a reporter?”
For its part, the Carabobo section of the CNP also posted on its Instagram account the reminder that “journalism is a profession that requires study, preparation, knowledge, and responsibility,” so we urge all professionals in the country and students of Social Communication to fight once morest intrusion and the illegal exercise of the profession.
On January 25, the union at the national level had called to be attentive to the offer of courses related to the area of Social Communication in Venezuela. “No one who takes these courses can legally practice,” they pointed out this time regarding a flyer with “misleading” where the University of Los Andes allegedly announced technical courses in various specialties, including Social Communication.
The CNP, attentive to the offer of courses related to the area of Social Communication in Venezuela, remembers that our career is UNIVERSITY and entails a five-year undergraduate training. No one who takes those courses can legally practice journalism. pic.twitter.com/4nxduSvZ79
— cnpven (@cnpven) January 25, 2023
