INTRODUCTION
AIPIM – Associação de Imprensa em Português e Inglês de Macau (Macau Portuguese and English Press Association) was established on July 8, 2005.
AIPIM’s membership currently stands above 80 members, most of which are journalists working for Macau-based Portuguese and English language media outlets.
Since its inception, AIPIM has been promoting press freedom, right to information, professional training, media workers' access to health care, among other rights.
AIPIM has also been committed to developing self-regulation tools. A step in that direction was taken in May 2017, when we adopted our first Code of Ethics and Journalist Statute.
Training also ranks high in our agenda. We have been holding training sessions and workshops on legal matters, ethics, language and on perfecting technical skills.
Media workers’ rights have also been a concern, namely working conditions and access to health care. AIPIM is one of the founding members of the Macau Media Workers’ Welfare Union, a body that comprises another four Macau-based media workers associations.
AIPIM is also outward looking. Since 2010, AIPIM is a member, alongside counterparts from Portuguese Speaking Countries, of Federação de Jornalistas de Língua Portuguesa, (FJLP) – Federation of Portuguese Speaking Journalists.