Basic Requirements on Media’s Identity
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Publika follow the Georgiran Charter of Jouranlistic Ethics, it's an external body who have called on the government to take practical steps to improve the media environment.
Publika does not currently implement a formal policy guidelines for ensuring the safety of journalists. Instead, decisions regarding safety are made on a case-by-case basis, depending on the content and circumstances. For instance, if a video has been recorded covertly and its publication might provoke public debate, the material is shared without revealing the identity of the journalist. This approach is followed even in cases where the recording might technically constitute an administrative violation under the law, as it serves to the public interest.
1. What is the Legal Entity Name?
Publika
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
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?
No
14. Do you have a safety-related reason for not providing it?
No
15. What is the founding date of the Legal Entity?
2015-09-01
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
16.a. Provide a history of previous/former Legal Entities and their founding dates.
Same date for legal entity and media outlet 'Publika'.
Please check, declaration of status and legal documentation.
ADDRESS LINE 1
Vake district, Bagebi, Tskneti highway, Building 5, Apartment 1132
3. What is the general telephone number for the Legal Entity?
40001009977
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?
Yes
5.a. What are these IDs for the Legal Entity?
405118082
6. Are there any other governmental or other identifiers that a certification body could use to verify the identity of the Legal Entity?
No
6.a. What are those identifiers?
Identification Number: 405118082
7. What Brand Name(s), titles, publication names, etc. do you use to publish Content?
Publika.ge
8. Does the Media Outlet publish on any URLs?
Yes
8.a. On what URLs do you publish?
https://publika.ge
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGkpaPhonkRND7CC0_cxxgw
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/publika.ge/
https://www.instagram.com/publika.ge/
https://twitter.com/Publika_ge
Editorial Mission
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
Our mission is to promote the development of the local population and strengthen their immunity to the influence of propaganda and Kremlin media. We aim to achieve this by creating a common information space for all ethnic groups living in Georgia through necessary, interesting, and problem-solving-oriented journalistic works.
18. Is that statement posted online?
Yes
18.a. What is the URL where it is published?
https://publika.ge/chven-shesakheb/
Disclosure of Type of Ownership
20. Is the Media Outlet or the Legal Entity privately owned?
Yes
20.a. What is the form and status of the Media Outlet or Legal Entity according to the legal definition in the country of registration?
Non-Entrepreneurial (Non-Commercial) Legal Entity
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
Requirements on Owners’ Identity
24. What are the names of all direct, indirect or beneficial owners?
The list of founding members, PUBLIKA:
1. Zurab Vardiashvili
2. Natia Amiranashvili
3. Salome Gorgodze
4. Lia Zakashvili
5. Kristine Mujiri
6. Mamuka Mgaloblishvili
7. Aleksandre Keshalashvili
8. Tatia Khaliani
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?
Founding members are listed on the link below:
https://publika.ge/chven-shesakheb/
26. What are the names of the members of supervisory boards?
The names of the members of supervisory board are the same as the founding members:
1. Zurab Vardiashvili
2. Natia Amiranashvili
3. Salome Gorgodze
4. Lia Zakashvili
5. Kristine Mujiri
6. Mamuka Mgaloblishvili
7. Aleksandre Keshalashvili
8. Tatia Khaliani
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?
The members are listed in the link below: https://publika.ge/chven-shesakheb/
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?
31. Is the contact information in the previous question available online?
No
32. What is the contact information for the members of the board of directors?
33. Is the contact information in the previous question available online?
Yes
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.)
Publika is a Non-Entrepreneurial (Non-Commercial) Legal Entity, there are no shareholders.
36. Is the Media Outlet member-owned?
No
Disclosure of Identity of the Management Team and its Location
37. What are the names, positions, and contact details of all members of management for the Media Outlet?
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?
No
40. Do you have a safety-related reason for not providing it?
No
Disclosure of Editorial Contact Details
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/publika.ge/
https://www.instagram.com/publika.ge/
https://twitter.com/Publika_ge
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.?
Main channel is the Facebook account to get in touch with the newsroom.
The email
[email protected] is available online and on the Facebook account.
45. Does the Media Outlet have a department or a single person who is responsible for customer service?
Yes
45.a. What are the contact details, including telephone numbers, email addresses, correspondence addresses, for customer service or the equivalent within the Media Outlet?
Disclosure of Revenue Sources and Data Collection
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.
N/A
47. Is the Media Outlet required to make financial disclosures?
Yes
47.a. Are those disclosures visible to the public?
No
47.a.i. What is the URL for those disclosures?
To be doubled check.
49. What is the ratio of the categories of revenue sources (as in question no. 46)?
N/A
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?
Yes
51.a. What information is processed?
Publika processes demographics, gender, age, interest, geographic locations of online visitors.
51.b. What is the purpose for gathering that information?
Publika uses the information during planning of the advertising campaigns.
51.c. By what methods is the information processed?
Publika use analytical tools to process the information.
Google Analytics, Facebook Insights, Twitter Analytics, and Instagram Insights are used.
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Self-regulation council of our editorial office is the dedicated contact for inquiries
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.qartia.ge/en/charter/article/38674-principles-of-charter
53. Is there a person or a group of persons responsible for these guidelines clearly identified?
Yes
53.a. Is that identification visible on the page with the guidelines?
Yes
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
56. Do your Editorial Guidelines include requirements for Accuracy (as prescribed in the Preamble) in your output?
Yes
57. Do they include requirements for Independence (as prescribed in the Preamble) of editorial decision making?
Yes
58. Do they include requirements of Fairness (as prescribed in the Preamble) in the practice of journalism?
Yes
59. Do they include requirements for Accountability (as prescribed in the Preamble) in the practice of its journalism?
Yes
60. Do your Editorial Guidelines include protections against real, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest?
Yes
Accuracy
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Once per quarter, review of founders to review the processes and strategic points.
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Once per quarter, review of founders to review the processes and strategic points.
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Checked by the group of editors.
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Checked by the group of editors.
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The Editorial Guidelines principle cover the accuracy of information and would extend to live content.
65. Do you have internal rules and a systematic editorial process to ensure the accuracy of your content?
Yes
66. Do you have internal rules and a systematic editorial process to ensure that the Editorial Guidelines are adhered to?
Yes
68. Do you have a mechanism for periodic review of the effectiveness of the implementation of your Editorial Guidelines in your editorial processes?
No
69. Is your accountability mechanism (internal or external) subject to periodic review?
No
70. Do your Editorial Guidelines require that statistics should be sourced and verified?
Yes
71. Do your Editorial Guidelines require that external photographs/video/audio content should be sourced and verified?
Yes
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
73. Is all News Agency material used by the Media Outlet recorded and tracked?
Yes
74. Is location reporting identified in your content?
No
75. Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure that any constraint on location reporting be explained in the report or in the context of its publication?
No
76. Do your Editorial Guidelines require transparency where a location report has been facilitated by an external body?
N/A
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
80. Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of content which features children or other vulnerable people?
Yes
81. Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate handling of live content?
Yes
Responsibility for Content Provided by the General Public
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Charter of Journalistic Ethics applies to eyewitness news content as a general term. See principle 4 and link to the left:
'Principle 4.
When obtaining information, photos or documents Only conscientious and fair methods should be used.'
82. Does your Media Outlet publish any content that comes not from staff or freelancers but from external sources such as readers/viewers?
Yes
82.a. 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
82.b. Do your Editorial Guidelines also include provisions for externally-submitted material?
Yes
82.c. Are there Editorial Guidelines dealing with UGC/eyewitness news content?
Yes
82.d. Do they include details on the verification processes to be used for this content?
No
82.e. Do they include guidance on the appropriate labelling of such content?
No
82.f. Do they include guidance on dealing with the providers of such content in a responsible and ethical manner?
Yes
83. Do your Editorial Guidelines also include provision for ensuring comment material is free from defamation?
Yes
84. Do your Editorial Guidelines also include provision for ensuring comment material is free from invasions of privacy?
Yes
85. Do your Editorial Guidelines also include provision for ensuring comment material is free from hate speech?
Yes
86. Do your Editorial Guidelines also include provision for ensuring comment material is free from harassment?
Yes
88. Does this policy allow for the removal of offending material?
Yes
Responsibility for Sources
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There are guidelines in the Charter of Journalistic Ethics:
Principle 6 - https://www.qartia.ge/ka/mthavari-gverdis-aikonebi/article/30513-preambula
PRINCIPLE 6
Journalists have a moral responsibility not to disclose confidential sources.
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
Professionalism for Affiliations
94. Do your Editorial Guidelines have specific policies for distinguishing commercial or sponsored content?
Yes
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
95.b. Do your Editorial Guidelines require sponsored content to be labelled and made clearly distinguishable from your own content?
Yes
96. Do your Editorial Guidelines require a clear distinction to be made between news content and opinion content?
No
97. Do your Editorial Guidelines require a clear distinction to be made between news content and commercial content?
Yes
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?
No
Internal Accountability
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In the editorial guidelines and transparent for readers.
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
100.a. Do you have a clear process for assessing and dealing with the claims?
Yes
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
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
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?
Yes
104.a.i. What is the URL of where this information is available? If it is not on a single page, describe where people can find it.
Publika's Editorial Guidelines:
https://www.qartia.ge/ka/mthavari-gverdis-aikonebi/article/30513-preambula
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?
No
108.a. Is the Ombudsperson appointed by the Media Outlet?
Yes
108.b. Is there a transparent process for their appointment and is their independence protected?
Yes
108.c. Does that person have full power to remedy any breaches of the organisation's Editorial Guidelines?
Yes
108.d. Does that person have full power to provide redress to affected parties?
Yes
108.e. Does that person have full power to deter future breaches?
Yes
108.f. Does that person have full power to provide opportunity for any decisions to be reviewed or appealed?
Yes
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?
Yes
99.a.i. What is the URL where it can be seen? Or, where is it seen next to each bit of Content?
Publika.ge
https://publika.ge/chven-shesakheb/
External Accountability
URL
The Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics
110. Is your Media Outlet committed to comply with any directions or guidance issued by the external accountability body to which you subscribe?
Yes
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?
Yes
112.a. What is the link?
https://www.qartia.ge/en/submit-an-application
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?
No
Professionalism in the Media Outlet
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Separate guidelines for well-fare and security.
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Service contracts.
114. Do you have guidelines for the recruitment and training of editorial staff?
Yes
114.a. Do those guidelines contain a diversity policy?
Yes
114.b. Do those guidelines cover staff welfare?
Yes
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
116. Are your employees (including freelance) covered by legal contracts and insurance?
Yes
117. Does your staff have the freedom to organise?
Yes
118. Do you have an existing structure for social dialogue including a collective bargaining arrangement with appropriate trade unions?
Yes
119. Are there guidelines for contracts of engagement with freelance journalists?
Yes
119.a. Do these guidelines ensure the ability of freelancers to adhere to the editorial principles?
Yes
120. Does your Media Outlet's rules and procedures protect against discrimination in the workplace?
Yes
121. Does your Media Outlet's rules and procedures support equality of opportunity?
Yes
122. Does your Media Outlet have a safety at work policy, which includes specific protection for journalists working in hostile environments?
Yes
123. Does your Media Outlet have guidelines to support editorial staff who have been exposed to material of a sensitive or upsetting nature?
Yes
124. Does your Media Outlet have guidelines to support editorial staff who suffered physical or psychological harm in the course of their work?
Yes
Accountability for Journalism Principles
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Self-regulation council of our editorial office is the dedicated contact for inquiries
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.qartia.ge/en/charter/article/38674-principles-of-charter
53. Is there a person or a group of persons responsible for these guidelines clearly identified?
Yes
53.a. Is that identification visible on the page with the guidelines?
Yes
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
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
56. Do your Editorial Guidelines include requirements for Accuracy (as prescribed in the Preamble) in your output?
Yes
57. Do they include requirements for Independence (as prescribed in the Preamble) of editorial decision making?
Yes
58. Do they include requirements of Fairness (as prescribed in the Preamble) in the practice of journalism?
Yes
59. Do they include requirements for Accountability (as prescribed in the Preamble) in the practice of its journalism?
Yes
60. Do your Editorial Guidelines include protections against real, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest?
Yes
