three years of service shall be entitled to study leave, and sabbatical leave every five years to enable them pursue further studies, conduct research, write books or engage in other activities that can promote or enrich their professional competence.” One of the saddest episodes in Nigeria media history is the loss of Krees Imodibe of the Guardian and Tayo Awotunsin of the Champion Newspapers who were slaughtered while covering the Liberian Civil War. It is regrettable that their deaths were avoidable; they had been sent to cover a brutal war where no prisoners were taken with little funds. They had all the time to escape as the war drew near, but they had no funds! We thought for these martyrs of the pen profession and the hazards of the job, special provisions should be made. So we provided that“The employer shall take out a life insurance policy worth at least five times the journalist's gross annual salary. This shall cover damages, injuries or death that may occur while the journalist is carrying out his professional duties.” A follow up Article states that“Special insurance provisions shall be made by the employer for journalists travelling in areas of great risk(characterized by uprisings, war or military operations, epidemics or natural disasters) or preparing reports in difficult situations(under the water, on high mountains or in the desert), travelling in hostile areas, or experimenting with dangerous equipment, etc”. Given the ugly experiences of journalists when the Daily Times was privatized, and whenever media organisations go under, and to protect them in old age, an Article states“The employer undertakes to provide the journalist adequate gratuity, a contributory pension under the Pension Act based on ratio 1:3 in favour of the journalist as well as a special complementary pension scheme.” In the face of ever changing technology and an increasingly globalised world, there is a provision for funded training which states that“The employer shall set aside a special fund to enable journalists working for his establishment to undergo further training and keep abreast of new techniques in a dynamic profession. The employer shall contribute at least 2% of the total wage bill of the journalists within his establishment to the fund. The fund shall be managed jointly by the employer and the Union”