SECTOR 4 • • • • • • • • • The Federation of Trade Unions of Workers of Communication (FESYTRAC) Journalists for Peace Group The Association of Newspaper Editors of Congo The Congolese Media Observatory The Congolese Association of Journalists and Editors The Association of Reporters The Press Resource Centre The Association of National Language Journalists The Network of Local and Community Radio Journalists Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 3.9 4.5 Journalists and media houses have integrity and are not corrupt. Separate studies conducted by the country’s anti-corruption body in 2002 and 2010 showed that the media was the fifth most corrupt sector in Congo. Journalists habitually demand and accept cash and material favours from news sources. “Brown envelopes” are widespread and considered part of the common practice in the journalism sector. Event organisers and news sources know beforehand that journalists must go back with “transport fare” or what is widely referred to in the industry as frais de déplacement18. Such fees range from CFAF 5000 (7, 60 Euro) upward. The minimum could be several times higher in the evenings, weekends and if the journalist has to go to rural area. Many in the industry do not see this practice as constituting corruption, and consider it an acceptable practice. It is common for television and radio stations to demand fees for an element of news to be aired. In the print sector, only a few newspapers label paid content as adverts. But sometimes “the advertisers say they don’t want the public to know a report was paid for and the newspaper is forced to carry it as news���. A report of the Congolese Media Observatory on the practice of journalism in 2009 pointed out that the practice was wrong and urged journalists to refrain 116 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 2013