The Media Outlet has been independently certified according to the JTI Programme and CWA 17493:2019.

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Imperium Certific (ІМПЕРІУМ СЕРТИФІК) – Ukraine/Україна

Date of certification

18/10/2024

Contact details

Київ, Лариси Руденко 6А, офіс 721
Kyiv
Ukraine

Media Outlet NikVesti Date of first publication 25/07/2023 Date of Latest Change 17/10/2024

10. Accuracy

10.1. Processes for Ensuring Accuracy

The Media Outlet shall have internal rules with a systematic editorial process to make sure that the content is accurate and the Editorial Guidelines are adhered to. This may include the verification process for the content and the role of editorial oversight.

Do you have internal rules and a systematic editorial process to ensure the accuracy of your content?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

The guidelines state, NikVesti "publishes truthful information within the limits, as far as can be established. Checking the facts, as well as their impartial and objective presentation, is a duty of the journalists of the publication. Clear separation of facts and opinions is a fundamental principle of our work."

Do you have internal rules and a systematic editorial process to ensure that the Editorial Guidelines are adhered to?

Yes

Do you have a verification process for content and the role of editorial oversight?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

The guidelines state, "When analyzing the facts and establishing their credibility, the staff of the publication use the maximum of available tools and sources. Before publication, the material undergoes three stages of verification to avoid factual, grammatical, stylistic and other errors."

10.2. Process Review

There shall be a mechanism for the periodic review of the editorial processes to ensure that they are in compliance with the Editorial Guidelines and that the accountability processes are effective and being used to support them.

Do you have a mechanism for periodic review of the effectiveness of the implementation of your Editorial Guidelines in your editorial processes?

Yes

Is your accountability mechanism (internal or external) subject to periodic review?

Yes

10.3. Statistics and External Content

Statistics and external photographs/video/audio content should be sourced and verified.

Do your Editorial Guidelines require that statistics should be sourced and verified?

Yes

Do your Editorial Guidelines require that external photographs/video/audio content should be sourced and verified?

Yes

10.4. Identification of Journalists, Agencies

Principle and secondary authors should be identified, or if not, then recorded via publishing mechanisms, so that this information can be accessed if there is a query. This includes any news agency material subscribed to by the Media Outlet. Any details of individuals should be subject to the legal requirements of data protection and security considerations.

Are the Individual Journalists (including external sources) identified, for example through a byline, or recorded in publishing mechanism so that this information can be accessed?

Yes

Is all News Agency material used by the Media Outlet recorded and tracked?

Yes

10.5. Location Reporting

In news reporting, it should be clear to any reader or audience where a report is being written from, and if it includes location reporting. Where location reporting is constrained due to the mechanism or conditions of the facilitation this should be identified, e.g. an embed with an official army or independent travel with local militias. This may also include occasions where the reporting has been facilitated by a commercial, NGO or governmental organisation and labelling is necessary for transparency.

Is location reporting identified in your content?

Yes

Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure that any constraint on location reporting be explained in the report or in the context of its publication?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

https://nikvesti.com/editorpolicy

"The reader should understand the geographical context of any report: if the information in the material pertains to a specific locality or region, the editorial team is obligated to indicate the exact location from which the content is being transmitted. This is necessary to prevent the audience from forming a generalized impression that the events concern a broader area or a larger group of people than is actually the case. For example, news about an epidemic outbreak in one village should not be presented as "the entire Mykolaiv region is affected by an epidemic."

"However, in certain cases, indicating the exact location from which the content is transmitted may be restricted to ensure the safety of journalists, participants in the events, or other individuals. Since February 24, 2022, Ukraine has been under a state of martial law as decreed by the President of Ukraine. In situations of heightened risk to life and health, the editorial team may decide not to disclose the specific location of the event or subject in the material, in compliance with legal requirements. In such cases, it is important to strike a balance between providing sufficient context and adhering to safety regulations."

Do your Editorial Guidelines require transparency where a location report has been facilitated by an external body?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

https://nikvesti.com/editorpolicy

"If access to the location from which the content is transmitted or to the information itself was provided with the assistance of external bodies (such as military, governmental, municipal, or international organizations), the editorial team must ensure transparency in this process. The material should specify how or through whose assistance access to the information or location was obtained. The reader should understand that the journalist did not have complete freedom of movement and could only observe and gather data on those aspects that were accessible within the scope of the granted access. Such transparency will help build audience trust and uphold journalistic standards of objectivity and impartiality."

10.6. Automatically Generated Content

News content generated, wholly or partly, automatically by means of algorithmic processes (such as but not limited to text generating systems, bots or artificial intelligence) shall be clearly indicated.

Do you publish any content that is automatically generated?

Yes

Is it in the Editorial Guidelines of your Media Outlet to clearly indicate content generated, wholly or partly, by means of AI or algorithmic processes?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

The editorial team may use artificial intelligence (AI) to generate certain types of content, such as weather information, calendar events, and publication metadata, including SEO titles and SEO descriptions for search engines. The editorial team may also use automatic translation tools, such as Google Translate, to translate materials into other languages, which are then reviewed and edited by a human proofreader-translator. In cases where AI-generated images or videos are used to illustrate content, we will clearly label such materials as being created with generative AI. This ensures transparency for our readers and adherence to ethical standards.

https://nikvesti.com/en/editorpolicy

10.7. Algorithmic Dissemination and Curation

A Media Outlet shall indicate its policy on the use of algorithms for news content dissemination or curation and its adherence to best practice requirements from regulatory or advisory bodies.

Do you use any algorithms for the dissemination or curation of content?

10.8. Treatment of Explicit Content

Editorial processes shall ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of violent and explicit content, of content which features children or other vulnerable people, and of live content.

Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of violent and explicit content?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

https://nikvesti.com/editorpolicy

The editorial team categorically does not support or promote any forms of propaganda for violence, cruelty, or discrimination. All materials published on the platform must adhere to high ethical standards and must not incite hatred or call for violent actions. We are committed to upholding the principles of humanism, protecting human rights, and preventing any forms of violence.

Explicit content that may shock or traumatize viewers or readers is carefully reviewed by the editorial team before publication. In cases where publishing such content is necessary to inform the public, the editorial team is obligated to warn the audience about the presence of explicit content. We also adhere to ethical standards regarding the depiction of violence, injuries, and other graphic scenes, restricting the publication of such content only in cases of significant public interest.

Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of content which features children or other vulnerable people?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

From NikVesti's code of ethics: "A journalist must be especially careful when covering issues related to children. The journalist and editor must have reasonable grounds for covering the private life of a minor person(s) and permission to do so from their parents or guardians. Disclosure is inadmissible names of minors (or indication of signs by which they can be recognized) who were involved in illegal activities, became participants in events related to violence".

"No one can be discriminated against because of their gender, language, race, religion, national, regional or social origin or political preferences. The relevant characteristics of a person or group of people should be indicated only in cases where this information is an essential component of the material. It is imperative to refrain from hints or comments about physical defects or diseases of a person, avoid the use of offensive expressions, profanity"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aQH-Q-z-HDa1CvwAY85T-8W2BPHF7pOJ/view

Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate handling of live content?

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