The Press and Digital Council of the Slovak Republic (TR SR) is the executive body of the Association for the Protection of Journalist Ethics (AONE) in the field of ethical self-regulation of journalists. TR SR deals with complaints about violations of journalistic ethics, but also complaints about preventing journalists from accessing information.
On February 17, 2017, the AONE board of representatives approved the entry of the largest association operating on the Slovak digital market – Interactive Advertising Bureau Slovakia (IAB Slovakia) into the Association for the Protection of Journalistic Ethics in the Slovak Republic. With the entry of a new member representing digital media, the process of transforming the Press Council of the Slovak Republic into the Press and Digital Council of the Slovak Republic (TR SR) began.
The founding agreement of the Association for the Protection of Journalistic Ethics in the Slovak Republic (AONE) was signed on October 2, 2001 by representatives of the Slovak Syndicate of Journalists (SSN) and the Association of Periodical Press Publishers of Slovakia (ZVPTS), which later changed its name to the Association of Press Publishers and from 2019 to the Association of Print and digital media - ATDM . The association for the protection of journalistic ethics is managed by the AONE Board of Representatives, in which each of the member organizations has two members. AONE is headed by the chairman, in this function the representatives of both organizations alternate regularly.
The press council was constituted in April 2002, it had six members - in accordance with the approved statute - personalities of public, cultural and social life who do not work as active journalists or publishers and do not represent any political party. Later, for practical reasons, the number of members was increased to nine.
