Guidelines for journalists and editors

Download Changing Faces' Guidelines for Journalists for information on:

  • existing professional codes of conduct
  • using factual and non-judgemental language around disfigurement
  • how to use the word 'disfigurement'
  • debunking the myths which exist around disfigurement
  • presenting disfigurement on film and using photography

Voluntary Code of Practice

Changing Faces believes that self-regulation can be one of the best forms of regulation in the media. Sign up to our voluntary code of practice and commit to using Changing Faces' Guidelines for Journalists to inform your reporting and programme-making.