SECTOR 1 1.6 Entry into and practice of the journalistic profession is legally unrestricted. There is no legal restriction on entering the journalistic profession. 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: 4.9 (2008: 4.8; 2006: 4.2) 1.7 Confidential sources of information protected by law and/or the courts. are Confidential sources are not protected by law and the courts can compel an individual to disclose if that disclosure will serve the ‘public good’ or help to determine the outcome of a particular case. So far, however, no court has made such a ruling. In practice, therefore, journalists can decide not to disclose their source of information. This right should be backed up by a law which gives journalists the same power that medical doctors and priests have not to disclose information about their patients or members of their congregation. Because the confidentiality of sources is not legally protected but in effect practised, panelists differed quite considerably in their assessment and thus their scoring. 16 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER GHANA 2011