Media Outlet FM99 Date of first publication 23/05/2024 Date of Latest Change 23/05/2024

11. Responsibility for Content Provided by the General Public

11.1. User Generated Content/Eyewitness News

A Media Outlet shall ensure that the same principles of checking for accuracy, legal, and ethical compliance are applied to journalistic content sourced from the general public (UGC or Eyewitness News content) as with all content it publishes.

Does your Media Outlet publish any content that comes not from staff or freelancers but from external sources such as readers/viewers?

Yes

Does your Media Outlet have set structures to ensure the checking of externally sourced material undergoes the same principles as that created entirely by its own journalists?

Yes

11.2. Editorial Guidelines for UGC/Eyewitness News

There should be specific categories within the Media Outlet’s Editorial Guidelines for dealing with User Generated Content (UGC) or Eyewitness News and these should be publicly accessible. In relation to this type of content the guidelines shall indicate the verification process to be used, how the content should be published with any labelling required and include guidance on dealing with the content providers in a responsible manner.

Are there Editorial Guidelines dealing with UGC/eyewitness news content?

Yes

Do they include details on the verification processes to be used for this content?

Yes

Do they include guidance on the appropriate labelling of such content?

Yes

Do they include guidance on dealing with the providers of such content in a responsible and ethical manner?

Yes

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