13. Professionalism for Affiliations
13.1. Sponsored Content Policies
Professional journalism principles shall have clear and distinct editorial practices in distinguishing advertising and sponsored content, commercial or commissioned, from editorial content independently produced by the Media Outlet.
Do your Editorial Guidelines have specific policies for distinguishing commercial or sponsored content?
No13.2. Sponsored Content Indicators
In Media Outlets, sponsored content shall be clearly identified with the words content 'sponsored by’, ‘paid by’ or other explicit and easy to understand terms. Particular care should be taken in distinguishing so called ‘native’ content (where the item is sponsored but is published or broadcast next to ordinary editorial content) from its surrounding material.
Do you publish any sponsored content?
YesDo your Editorial Guidelines require all sponsored content to be clearly labelled or otherwise made clear?
NoDo your Editorial Guidelines require sponsored content to be labelled and made clearly distinguishable from your own content?
No13.3. Separation of News and Opinion
Editorial Guidelines shall ensure that there is a clear distinction between news content and opinion and between news content and other content provided by an external non-journalistic body by requiring labelling or an equivalent mechanism.