SECTOR 4 The media practise high levels of professional standards. 4.1 The standard of reporting follows the basic principles of accuracy and fairness. There is a mixture of some improvements and some regression. At times, maybe for immediacy, and in the race to publish, without the necessary cross-checking of information, without due verification, there is clear partiality in the content, which increases the lack of objectivity. These situations have been more common in journalism practices of whistleblowing or political matters. Reagrding the poor levels of professionalism, it must be highlighted that there are publications which seem to have institutionalized the violation of ethics. Many times, one is left with the feeling that journalism has been trapped. In all of this, editors do not seem to be rigorously fulfilling their roles. 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: 2.4 (2005 = 2.0; 2007 = 3.0; 2009 = 3.1; 2011 = 2.7) 4.2 The media follow voluntary codes of professional standards, which are enforced by independent/ nonstatutory bodies that deal with complaints from the public. In Mozambique there is a Journalistic Code of Conduct, which was approved in 2012, by the National Union of Journalists (SNJ), with a self-regulatory instrument. There is also the Code of Conduct for Electoral Coverage, which was institutionalized, also as a self-regulatory instrument, in 2008 by MISA-Moçambique and the SNJ. 102 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MOZAMBIQUE 2014