Media facility & fact finding trips
We should not normally accept expenses paid trips unless they are the only way to cover a significant event, such as an inaugural flight or voyage or military operation.
Any proposal to accept an expenses paid trip must be referred to a senior editorial figure or for Independents to the commissioning editor. We should also consider whether to make a contribution towards the cost.
We should not normally refer on air or online to the commercial operators offering the facility. Any proposal to do this must be referred to a senior editorial figure or for Independents to the commissioning editor.
We must ensure that any on air or online reference to any other organisation which has facilitated a trip, for example a charity or lobby group, is clearly editorially justified.