JTI REPORT
VOR News
This transparency report details the answers provided by this media outlet to the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) questionnaire. The JTI is an industry-driven initiative to establish trusted journalism.
Section A: Identity and Transparency
1. What is the Legal Entity Name?
VOR News Media Inc
2. What is the postal address for the Legal Entity?
V0N1V7
ADDRESS LINE 1
100 Gibsons Way
ADDRESS LINE 2
POST CODE
V0N1V7
CITY
Gibsons
STATE / PROVINCE / REGION
British Columbia
COUNTRY
Canada
3. What is the general telephone number for the Legal Entity?
6043592669
4. What is the email address for the Legal Entity?
5. Is the Legal Entity required to have a Tax ID, a Registration ID, a DUNS number and/or other identifiers?
No
6. Are there any other governmental or other identifiers that a certification body could use to verify the identity of the Legal Entity?
No
7. What Brand Name(s), titles, publication names, etc. do you use to publish Content?
VOR News
8. Does the Media Outlet publish on any URLs?
Yes
8.a. On what URLs do you publish?
- https://www.vornews.com
9. Does the Media Outlet publish any content on any social media?
Yes
9.a. What are the social media URLs, handles, addresses or names that you use to publish?
- https://www.facebook.com/vornewsnetwork
10. Does the Media Outlet publish any content by broadcasting and/or streaming?
No
11. Do the Media Outlet's Editorial Guidelines state that the safety of all journalists shall be treated as a primary concern?
Yes
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12. Are there any reasons that the Media Outlet has for withholding information on any of the questions as part of this JTI Standard process?
No
13. Is the physical address of the Legal Entity different from the postal address according to question no. 2?
Yes
13.a. What is the physical address of the Legal Entity?
ADDRESS LINE 1
Box 1033, 1100 Gibsons Way,
ADDRESS LINE 2
POST CODE
V0N1V7
CITY
Gibsons
STATE / PROVINCE / REGION
British Columbia
COUNTRY
Canada
14. Do you have a safety-related reason for not providing it?
No
15. What is the founding date of the Legal Entity?
2022-01-01
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16. Is the founding date of the Media Outlet (as in clause 1.3. question no. 7) different from that of the Legal Entity (as in clause 1.1. question no. 1)?
No
17. Does your Media Outlet have an editorial mission statement, or stated set of principles or editorial values?
Yes
17.a. Provide that statement here
At VOR News Media, we believe that journalism is more than just reporting facts—it's about telling stories that matter, sparking meaningful conversations, and holding power to account. Our mission is to provide accurate, timely, and thought-provoking news coverage that reflects the diverse perspectives of independent news media.
We strive to empower our readers with knowledge, encouraging them to think critically and engage with the world around them. Whether it's breaking news, in-depth analysis, or investigative reporting, VOR is dedicated to cutting through the noise and delivering content that resonates with our audience.
18. Is that statement posted online?
Yes
18.a. What is the URL where it is published?
https://www.vornews.com/about-vor-news/
19. Is the Media Outlet a Public Service Media?
No
20. Is the Media Outlet or the Legal Entity privately owned?
No
21. Is the Media Outlet or the Legal Entity owned by the state, a unit of the government or any other public entity?
No
22. Is the Media Outlet or the Legal Entity publicly traded?
No
23. Is the ownership of the Media Outlet or the Legal Entity different from the three previous clauses in this section? For example, is it a co-operative or member-owned?
No
24. What are the names of all direct, indirect or beneficial owners?
Jeffrey Thomas
25. Are the names of the owners in the previous question available online?
Yes
25.a. What is the URL that contains the names of the owners, or, if not available online, please indicate where that information can be obtained?
https://www.vornews.com/jeffrey-thomas/
26. What are the names of the members of supervisory boards?
Jeffrey Thomas
27. Are the names of the members of the supervisory board members in the previous question available online?
Yes
27.a. What is the URL of the page that contains the names of the people in the previous question?
https://www.vornews.com/jeffrey-thomas/
28. Are the listed owners also founders or owners of other companies?
No
29. Are any of the owners active members of a political party or movement or candidates in a political election or current office holders?
No
30. What is the contact information for all direct and indirect owners?
https://www.vornews.com/contact-us/
31. Is the contact information in the previous question available online?
Yes
31.a. What is the URL with the contact information from the previous question?
https://www.vornews.com/contact-us/
32. What is the contact information for the members of the board of directors?
https://www.vornews.com/contact-us/
33. Is the contact information in the previous question available online?
Yes
33.a. What is the URL with the contact information from the previous question?
https://www.vornews.com/contact-us/
34. What are the names of the direct, majority or controlling shareholders? (If shareholders are companies, list the main activity and business sector of that company along with the name.)
Jeffrey Thomas
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35. List the shareholders and the percentage of the holdings.
100
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36. Is the Media Outlet member-owned?
No
37. What are the names, positions, and contact details of all members of management for the Media Outlet?
Jeffrey Thomas, Leyna Wong, Kiara Grace, Salaman Ahmad
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38. What is the physical address, phone number and email address of the headquarters of the Media Outlet?
39. Does the Media Outlet have other main branches and offices?
Yes
39.a. What are the physical addresses, including phone numbers and email addresses, of those other main branches and offices?
Box 1033, 1100 Gibsons Way, Gibsons, BC V0N 1V7, Canada
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40. Do you have a safety-related reason for not providing it?
No
41. Does the Media Outlet have social media accounts for the public to use to make queries or respond to Content?
Yes
41.a. What are the URLs or other identification of all social media accounts used by members of the public to contact the Media Outlet?
- https://www.facebook.com/vornewsnetwork
42. Does the Media Outlet have a person responsible for dealing with communication from the public regarding the Content?
Yes
43. Is the method for contacting that person or others at the Media Outlet clearly visible to the public?
Yes
44. In what ways does the staff of the Media Outlet responsible for the Content communicate back to the public results of queries, concerns, etc.?
Answers all enquiries
45. Does the Media Outlet have a department or a single person who is responsible for customer service?
No
46. What are the categories of sources of revenue for the Media Outlet, ranked from largest to smallest? These may include subscriptions, advertising, major donors, donations, subsidies, fees, sales, memberships, sponsorships, events, etc.
Sponsored Content, Advertising
47. Is the Media Outlet required to make financial disclosures?
No
48. What is the revenue of the Media Outlet?
Available upon request
49. What is the ratio of the categories of revenue sources (as in question no. 46)?
50. Is there any reason for safety and security that you have given incomplete data in this section?
No
51. Does your Media Outlet process any personal information from online visitors on its own or with third parties?
No
Section B: Professionalism and Accountability
52. Does your Media Outlet have a set of guidelines, or adhere to an external set of guidelines, for journalistic content, distribution and conduct to which its journalistic operations comply?
Yes
52.a. Are they made available to the public in a readily accessible form?
Yes
52.a.i. What is the URL?
https://www.vornews.com/vor-news-privacy-policy/
53. Is there a person or a group of persons responsible for these guidelines clearly identified?
No
54. Do the guidelines referred to in the section on Editorial Guidelines set clear expectations for the behaviour for all the contributors, including editorial staff (journalists, editors) and all other contributors?
Yes
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55. Do the guidelines referred to in the section on Editorial Guidelines make clear the structure of editorial responsibility for each stage of the publication process within the organisation?
Yes
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56. Do your Editorial Guidelines include requirements for Accuracy (as prescribed in the Preamble) in your output?
Yes
What is the URL?
https://www.vornews.com/about-vor-news/
57. Do they include requirements for Independence (as prescribed in the Preamble) of editorial decision making?
Yes
What is the URL?
https://www.vornews.com/about-vor-news/
58. Do they include requirements of Fairness (as prescribed in the Preamble) in the practice of journalism?
Yes
What is the URL?
https://www.vornews.com/about-vor-news/
59. Do they include requirements for Accountability (as prescribed in the Preamble) in the practice of its journalism?
Yes
What is the URL?
https://www.vornews.com/about-vor-news/
60. Do your Editorial Guidelines include protections against real, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest?
Yes
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61. Do the guidelines include guidance on how to deal with conflicts related to business?
Yes
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62. Do the guidelines include guidance on how to deal with conflicts related to political interests?
Yes
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63. Do the guidelines include guidance on how to deal with conflicts related to personal interests?
Yes
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64. Does the Media Outlet’s structure protect the editorial processes from any undue influence from within or without?
Yes
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65. Do you have internal rules and a systematic editorial process to ensure the accuracy of your content?
Yes
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66. Do you have internal rules and a systematic editorial process to ensure that the Editorial Guidelines are adhered to?
Yes
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67. Do you have a verification process for content and the role of editorial oversight?
Yes
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68. Do you have a mechanism for periodic review of the effectiveness of the implementation of your Editorial Guidelines in your editorial processes?
Yes
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69. Is your accountability mechanism (internal or external) subject to periodic review?
Yes
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70. Do your Editorial Guidelines require that statistics should be sourced and verified?
Yes
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71. Do your Editorial Guidelines require that external photographs/video/audio content should be sourced and verified?
Yes
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72. 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
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73. Is all News Agency material used by the Media Outlet recorded and tracked?
Yes
74. Is location reporting identified in your content?
Yes
75. Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure that any constraint on location reporting be explained in the report or in the context of its publication?
Yes
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76. Do your Editorial Guidelines require transparency where a location report has been facilitated by an external body?
Yes
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77. Do you publish any content that is automatically generated?
No
78. Do you use any algorithms for the dissemination or curation of content?
No
79. Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of violent and explicit content?
Yes
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80. Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of content which features children or other vulnerable people?
Yes
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81. Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate handling of live content?
Yes
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82. Does your Media Outlet publish any content that comes not from staff or freelancers but from external sources such as readers/viewers?
No
83. Do your Editorial Guidelines also include provision for ensuring comment material is free from defamation?
Yes
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84. Do your Editorial Guidelines also include provision for ensuring comment material is free from invasions of privacy?
Yes
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85. Do your Editorial Guidelines also include provision for ensuring comment material is free from hate speech?
Yes
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86. Do your Editorial Guidelines also include provision for ensuring comment material is free from harassment?
Yes
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87. Is it clear to the public whether your Media Outlet’s moderation of such comment is pre- or post-publication?
Yes
88. Does this policy allow for the removal of offending material?
Yes
89. Are there guidelines on the procedures to be followed for granting anonymity to sources?
Yes
90. Are the reasons for granting anonymity made clear to the public?
Yes
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91. Are there guidelines to ensure that the privacy rights and safety of individuals are protected in your journalistic activity?
Yes
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92. Are there guidelines to ensure the independence of journalism relative to the sources for content?
Yes
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93. Do the guidelines ensure that a diversity of sources is used in the production of your journalistic content?
Yes
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94. Do your Editorial Guidelines have specific policies for distinguishing commercial or sponsored content?
Yes
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95. Do you publish any sponsored content?
Yes
95.a. Do your Editorial Guidelines require all sponsored content to be clearly labelled or otherwise made clear?
Yes
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95.b. Do your Editorial Guidelines require sponsored content to be labelled and made clearly distinguishable from your own content?
Yes
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96. Do your Editorial Guidelines require a clear distinction to be made between news content and opinion content?
Yes
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97. Do your Editorial Guidelines require a clear distinction to be made between news content and commercial content?
Yes
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98. Do you in editorial practice or in Editorial Guidelines require a clear distinction to be made between news content and content supplied by an external non-journalistic body?
Yes
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99. Do you have a clear process to allow potential errors to be communicated to the Media Outlet by the public?
Yes
99.a. Do you publish that process?
No
100. Do you have a clear process to allow potential errors to be communicated to the Media Outlet by those with direct involvement in the story?
Yes
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100.a. Do you have a clear process for assessing and dealing with the claims?
Yes
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101. Is there a systematic editorial structure in the Media Outlet to ensure that any inaccuracies in its content are corrected in a timely and transparent manner?
Yes
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102. Does your Media Outlet guarantee the publication of the correction of all significant inaccuracies and errors in a similar place and manner as the original version, such as the same URL or in similar time and format of broadcast?
Yes
103. Does your organisation have a designated contact in the event of complaints about potential breaches of its journalism principles or Editorial Guidelines?
Yes
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104. Does your organisation have a designated process for the public to open a dialogue with you regarding potential breaches of its journalism principles or Editorial Guidelines? (These may follow the Uniform Correction or Clarification act adopted by most U.S. States.)
Yes
104.a. Is that information clearly available?
No
105. Are your staff (Employees and Freelance) aware of the process that must be followed in the event of such complaints?
Yes
106. Are they aware that all such complaints must be brought to the attention of a senior member of staff (of organisations large enough to have a staff) not directly connected with the creation of the story?
Yes
107. Is your Media Outlet committed to the resolution of any such complaints in a fair, reasonable and timely manner?
Yes
108. Does the Media Outlet have an Ombudsperson?
N/A
109. Have you committed to a system or systems of external accountability for your editorial content?
No
110. Is your Media Outlet committed to comply with any directions or guidance issued by the external accountability body to which you subscribe?
N/A
111. Is your Media Outlet subject to an external regulatory mechanism for content that you find it not possible to comply with?
No
112. Are the mechanisms for the public to complain about breaches of your Editorial Guidelines to an external body publicly available?
N/A
113. Do you belong to any other bodies that require members to adhere to published guidelines, standards or norms to maintain status in that organisation?
N/A
114. Do you have guidelines for the recruitment and training of editorial staff?
Yes
114.a. Do those guidelines contain a diversity policy?
Yes
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114.b. Do those guidelines cover staff welfare?
Yes
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114.c. Are they publicly available?
No
115. Do the regulations and guidelines for the employment of staff and engagement of contract journalists protect their editorial independence?
Yes
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116. Are your employees (including freelance) covered by legal contracts and insurance?
N/A
117. Does your staff have the freedom to organise?
N/A
118. Do you have an existing structure for social dialogue including a collective bargaining arrangement with appropriate trade unions?
N/A
119. Are there guidelines for contracts of engagement with freelance journalists?
N/A
120. Does your Media Outlet's rules and procedures protect against discrimination in the workplace?
N/A
121. Does your Media Outlet's rules and procedures support equality of opportunity?
122. Does your Media Outlet have a safety at work policy, which includes specific protection for journalists working in hostile environments?
N/A
123. Does your Media Outlet have guidelines to support editorial staff who have been exposed to material of a sensitive or upsetting nature?
N/A
124. Does your Media Outlet have guidelines to support editorial staff who suffered physical or psychological harm in the course of their work?
N/A
125. Does your Media Outlet have a training programme for editorial staff that includes sections on the Editorial Guidelines and other legal and ethical issues?
N/A
126. Is there refresher training available for significant changes in the law or guidelines?
N/A
127. Does your staff have expert advice available for consultation when dealing with legal and compliance issues?
N/A
128. Does your Media Outlet publish your answers to this self-assessment based on the JTI Standard?
N/A
129. Does your Media Outlet publish your answers in a machine-readable format?
No