Draft of RDTL Media Law reported by Parliament Committee A on 2 May 2014 Page 6 Rough translation by La’o Hamutuk. See http://www.laohamutuk.org/misc/MediaLaw/14MediaLaw.htm for original and other materials. Article 14 Access to the profession Access to the profession of journalism begins with a mandatory internship, to be completed successfully, with a duration of eighteen, twelve and six months, respectively, for those with secondary education, bachelor’s degree in another subject, and bachelor’s degree in the media studies. Article 15 Registration and credentials for interns 1. Interns must apply for registration and issuance of their credentials. 2. The application is accompanied by the following documents: a) A statement of admission as an intern in a media organization, signed by the director, with the identification of the journalist supervising the internship and their professional license number; b) Copy of identity document; c) Copy of certificate of academic qualifications. 3. An intern’s credential identifies him/her as a trainee journalist and is sufficiently qualified for the practice of journalistic activities. Article 16 Internship 1. The internship takes place in a media organization, consisting of the deepening of technical and linguistic knowledge of the trainee, with the goal of endowing him/her with knowledge of the legal regime of the media, the rights and duties of a legal nature, and ethics of the profession of journalism. 2. A trainee is guided by a journalist with more than five years of experience in the profession who is responsible for supervising the internship. 3. Internship consists of theoretical and practical components. 4. During the internship, the intern should practice at least five of the following journalistic acts and functions: a) Editing, coordinating, choosing headlines, integrating, correcting or coordinating material to be disseminated through the media, with or without commentary; b) Review or commentary on media; c) Interview, investigation or written or spoken report in the media; d) Planning and organizing technical services; e) Research, collection, selection and analysis of events, news, information or opinions and their preparation through text, image or sound for dissemination in the media; f) Revision of original articles and research of their data for the preparation of news; g) Organization and maintenance of a journalistic archive and search of its data for the preparation of news; h) The distribution of text, photograph or illustration of journalistic nature for dissemination purposes; i) Implementation of artistic or technical illustrations of journalistic character. 5. The media organization issues a certificate of successful completion of internship, to which are appended the documents proving the practice of acts of journalistic nature referred to above.