Media persons are persons whose primary source of income is drawn from media and media-related work, or persons who are qualified to enter this field. Such persons perform the functions of:
- media managers and administrators
- editors and sub-editors
- reporters, producers, announcers and broadcasters
- camera operators, sound engineering and video technicians
- production workers in the print and electronic media, etc.
- graphic artists, cartoonists and photographers
- editorial staff, programming staff
- and newsroom staff and
- other related personnel whose functions are not here classified.