Tanzania Sector 4. 4.1 The media practice high levels of professional standards The media follow voluntary codes of professional standards which are enforced by self-regulatory bodies. ANALYSIS: There is an established Media Council of Tanzania, initiated by the media fraternity, which has been in existence since 1995. One of its objectives is “to consider and adjucate upon complaints from the public and amongst the media inter se against alleged infringements of the code of ethics”. In October 2002 amendments to the council’s constitution were made and incorporated by the National Convention. The council is made up of media people, lawyers and representatives of civil society and meets about four times a year. There is good cooperation among all the various role players. The biggest snag is that the council depends almost completely on donors (with SIDA singled out as the main source of funding) to run its business. Activities undertaken successfully so far include capacity building for the media, support for a press club and the production of publications like Media Watch in both Kiswahili and English (2 monthly publications). Overall, the council is on the right track and most major media players are members. SCORES: Individual scores: 4, 3, 5, 3, 3, 3, 4, 1, 5, 3 Average score: 3.4 African Media Barometer - Tanzania 2006 27