JTI REPORT

Report Date: March 30, 2024

Grupul de presă Realitatea

Section A: Identity and Transparency

Basic Requirements on Media’s Identity
1.1. Legal Entity Name
1. What is the Legal Entity Name?
Brights Cimmunications SRL
1.2. Contact Details and Identifiers
ADDRESS LINE 1
Stradela Teatrală 2/2
POST CODE
MD-2012
CITY
Chisinau
STATE / PROVINCE / REGION
Chisinau
COUNTRY
Moldova
3. What is the general telephone number for the Legal Entity?
+373 673 88 777
4. What is the email address for the Legal Entity?
[email protected]
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?
DUNS 535241396
6. Are there any other governmental or other identifiers that a certification body could use to verify the identity of the Legal Entity?
Yes
6.a. What are those identifiers?
1013600040861
1.3. Description of Media Outlet
7. What Brand Name(s), titles, publication names, etc. do you use to publish Content?
• Realitatea Moldova – news portal in Romanian
• Bani – economic news portal in Romanian
• Rupor – news portal in Russian
• Moldova Live – news portal about Moldova, in English
• RLIVE TV – the platform for live broadcasts
1.4. Distribution Channels and URLs
8. Does the Media Outlet publish on any URLs?
Yes
8.a. On what URLs do you publish?
  • • Realitatea.md
  • • Bani.md
  • • Rupor.md
  • • Moldovalive.md
  • • Rlive.md
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/realitatea.md
  • • https://www.instagram.com/realitatea.md
  • • https://twitter.com/RealitateaMD
  • • https://ok.ru/realitatea
  • • https://t.me/realitateamd
  • • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyzy387DwhFqle2NSaonUdw
  • • https://www.tiktok.com/@rlive.md
10. Does the Media Outlet publish any content by broadcasting and/or streaming?
Yes
10.a. What are the terrestrial frequencies, channels, satellite identifiers, other platforms or applications that you use to publish?
DVB-T2
https://realitatea.md/RLIVE-TV/
1.5. Safety Concerns
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
1.6. Location
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
1.7. Founding Date
15. What is the founding date of the Legal Entity?
2013-12-01
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
Editorial Mission
2.1. Editorial Mission Statement
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
- The Republic of Moldova - a state governed by the rule of law, a free, democratic country, which is developing and aims to become a member of the European Union.
- The people of the Republic of Moldova - multinational, respecting the Constitution, sovereignty and independence, enjoying the cultural richness of all nationalities, tolerant and willing to work, develop, modernize, be part of European civilization.
- Media in the Republic of Moldova - free and independent, operating and developing an indigenous media environment, without retransmissions, on the principles of competition of creation and innovation in the field
18. Is that statement posted online?
Yes
18.a. What is the URL where it is published?
https://realitatea.md/contacte/
Public Service Media
3.1. Public Service Media Mission, Governance and Independence
19. Is the Media Outlet a Public Service Media?
No
Disclosure of Type of Ownership
4.1. Privately held
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?
Limited Liability Company (LLC)
4.2. State or Publicly owned
21. Is the Media Outlet or the Legal Entity owned by the state, a unit of the government or any other public entity?
No
4.3. Publicly Traded Company
22. Is the Media Outlet or the Legal Entity publicly traded?
No
4.4. Other
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
5.1. Names of Owners and Board Members
24. What are the names of all direct, indirect or beneficial owners?
Dumitru Țira – General Director
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://realitatea.md/precizare-a-grupului-de-presa-realitatea
26. What are the names of the members of supervisory boards?
Dumitru Tira
Sergiu Scobioala
Cristina Mosneaga-Barbaruc
Otilia Cotruta
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://realitatea.md/contacte/
28. Are the listed owners also founders or owners of other companies?
Yes
28.a. State here the names and main activities of those companies.
• MDT Business SRL – TKTKTK
• Bright Communications SRL – Telecommunications service provider in Bucharest, Romania
28.b. What are the business sectors for the companies listed in the previous question?
Telecommunications
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
5.2. Contact Details of Direct and Indirect Owners
30. What is the contact information for all direct and indirect owners?
Dumitru Țira – [email protected]
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://realitatea.md/contacte/
32. What is the contact information for the members of the board of directors?
https://realitatea.md/contacte/
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://realitatea.md/contacte/
5.3. Names of Shareholders
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.)
MDT Business SRL - 100%
5.4. Percentage of Shareholdings
35. List the shareholders and the percentage of the holdings.
Dumitru Tira - 100%
5.5. Exception for Member-owned Media Outlets
36. Is the Media Outlet member-owned?
No
Disclosure of Identity of the Management Team and its Location
6.1. Management Directory
37. What are the names, positions, and contact details of all members of management for the Media Outlet?
• Otilia Cotruța, Executive Director
• Cristina Moșneaga-Barbaruc, Administrator
• Tatiana Rusnac, Chief Editor
• Sergiu Scobioala, General Producer
6.2. Location of Branches and Offices
38. What is the physical address, phone number and email address of the headquarters of the Media Outlet?
Stradela Teatralǎ 2/2, Chișinău, Republica of Moldova, MD-2012
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
7.1. Social Media
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/realitatea.md
  • • https://www.instagram.com/realitatea.md
  • • https://twitter.com/RealitateaMD
  • • https://ok.ru/realitatea
  • • https://t.me/realitateamd
  • • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyzy387DwhFqle2NSaonUdw
  • • https://www.tiktok.com/@rlive.md
7.2. Newsroom Contact Details
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.?
Usually most communication is by email
7.3. Customer Service Contact Details
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?
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +373 673 88 777
Disclosure of Revenue Sources and Data Collection
8.1. Sources of Revenue
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.
Sales - 70 % Advertising - 10% Grants - 20%
47. Is the Media Outlet required to make financial disclosures?
No
48. What is the revenue of the Media Outlet?
20 000$ per year
49. What is the ratio of the categories of revenue sources (as in question no. 46)?
Sales - 70 %
Advertising - 10%
Grants - 20%
50. Is there any reason for safety and security that you have given incomplete data in this section?
No
8.2. Data collection disclosure
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?
Cookies, unique identifiers and other device data
51.b. What is the purpose for gathering that information?
• Advertising and personalized content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and service development.
• Storing and/or accessing information on a device.
51.c. By what methods is the information processed?
traditional by journalists

Section B: Professionalism and Accountability

Accountability for Journalism Principles
9.1 Editorial Guidelines
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
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
9.2. Purpose of Guidelines
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
9.3. Guidelines and Journalism Principles
56. Do your Editorial Guidelines include requirements for Accuracy (as prescribed in the Preamble) in your output?
Yes
What is the URL?
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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
What is the URL?
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59. Do they include requirements for Accountability (as prescribed in the Preamble) in the practice of its journalism?
Yes
What is the URL?
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9.4. Conflicts of Interest
60. Do your Editorial Guidelines include protections against real, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest?
Yes
61. Do the guidelines include guidance on how to deal with conflicts related to business?
Yes
62. Do the guidelines include guidance on how to deal with conflicts related to political interests?
Yes
63. Do the guidelines include guidance on how to deal with conflicts related to personal interests?
Yes
64. Does the Media Outlet’s structure protect the editorial processes from any undue influence from within or without?
Yes
Accuracy
10.1. Processes for Ensuring Accuracy
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
10.2. Process Review
68. Do you have a mechanism for periodic review of the effectiveness of the implementation of your Editorial Guidelines in your editorial processes?
N/A
69. Is your accountability mechanism (internal or external) subject to periodic review?
N/A
10.3. Statistics and External Content
70. Do your Editorial Guidelines require that statistics should be sourced and verified?
N/A
71. Do your Editorial Guidelines require that external photographs/video/audio content should be sourced and verified?
N/A
10.4. Identification of Journalists, Agencies
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
10.6. Automatically Generated Content
77. Do you publish any content that is automatically generated?
No
10.7. Algorithmic Dissemination and Curation
78. Do you use any algorithms for the dissemination or curation of content?
No
10.8. Treatment of Explicit Content
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
11.1. User Generated Content/Eyewitness News
82. Does your Media Outlet publish any content that comes not from staff or freelancers but from external sources such as readers/viewers?
No
Responsibility for Sources
12.1. Anonymity
89. Are there guidelines on the procedures to be followed for granting anonymity to sources?
Yes
Professionalism for Affiliations
13.1. Sponsored Content Policies
94. Do your Editorial Guidelines have specific policies for distinguishing commercial or sponsored content?
Yes
13.2. Sponsored Content Indicators
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
13.3. Separation of News and Opinion
96. Do your Editorial Guidelines require a clear distinction to be made between news content and opinion content?
Yes
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?
Yes
Internal Accountability
14.1. Dealing with Inaccuracies
99. Do you have a clear process to allow potential errors to be communicated to the Media Outlet by the public?
Yes
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
14.2. Publishing Corrections
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
14.3. Contact and Process for Complaints
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.
https://realitatea.md/contacte/
14.4. Internal Process for Complaints
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
14.5. Independence of Ombudsperson
108. Does the Media Outlet have an Ombudsperson?
No
External Accountability
15.1. External Oversight
109. Have you committed to a system or systems of external accountability for your editorial content?
No
15.2. Compliance with External Accountability
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
15.3. Absence of external oversight
111. Is your Media Outlet subject to an external regulatory mechanism for content that you find it not possible to comply with?
No
15.4. Contact Details of External Accountability Bodies
112. Are the mechanisms for the public to complain about breaches of your Editorial Guidelines to an external body publicly available?
N/A
Professionalism in the Media Outlet
16.1. Recruitment and Training
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?
Yes
Publication of Self-Assessment
18.1. General Public
128. Does your Media Outlet publish your answers to this self-assessment based on the JTI Standard?
Yes
128.a. Is it available to readers?
Yes
18.2. Machine-readability
129. Does your Media Outlet publish your answers in a machine-readable format?
Yes
129.a. What is the URL?
https://www.jti-app.com/report/P8lEvzLw8vRXNk4x