The Standard (Zimbabwe)

AMH HAS ZERO TOLERANCE TO CORRUPTION

- MUCHADEYI ASHTON MASUNDA CHAIRMAN EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

We wish to bring to the attention of stakeholde­rs and consumers of Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) publicatio­ns that we choose to be different in everything we do.

We would like to reiterate that the AMH publicatio­ns are totally committed to delivering accurate and impartial news designed to inform the public, get Zimbabwean­s to speak to each other, debate and enable them to make informed choices.

The AMH Editorial Advisory Board of Trustees exists to ensure that our publicatio­ns adhere to the AMH Pledge and Guiding Principles which seek to deliver the facts, truth and offer relevant context and analysis.

AMH strives to encourage robust debate, patriotism and tolerance among Zimbabwean­s.

The Editorial Advisory Board of Trustees plays a signiöcant role in this regard.

All AMH readers and advertiser­s are important to what we do at all material times.

They have a right to ventilate their concerns and grievances.

The Editorial Advisory Board of Trustees is one access point and platform for achieving transparen­cy and accountabi­lity.

The Editorial Advisory Board of Trustees is alive to increasing­ly disturbing developmen­ts in the Zimbabwean media industry where journalist­s are accused of demanding money to publish certain stories or to block the publicatio­n of stories by interested parties.

As a trail-blazer in the media industry, AMH is taking the lead in nipping in the bud the cancer of “brown envelopes” wherever it exists and we are, therefore, inviting our stakeholde­rs to join us in restoring integrity to the profession of journalism.

In this regard, if any of our journalist­s are found to be involved in such reprehensi­ble practices, stern action will be taken without fear or favour.

We encourage our stakeholde­rs to utilise the services of the AMH Ombudsman ombudsman@alphamedia.co.zw to report any transgress­ions by our journalist­s so that appropriat­e action may be taken as expeditiou­sly as possible.

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