JTI Workshop in Moldova

📅 21 September, 2023

JTI Workshop for Ukrainian media

📅 08 August, 2023 | 🌐 Fondation Hirondelle/IRMI

JTI Workshop in Cameroon

📅 24-26 July, 2023

25th annual Ethics Week - Society of Professional Journalists – Conference

📅 26 april, 2023 | ⏰ "The Trust Real Journalism Movement" panel, 5:00pm MST | 🌐 spj.org

Applications for JTI certification financial grants 

Reporters without borders (RSF) would like to support media outlets going through the JTI certification process. Financial grants, ranging from 5 000 to 10 000 €, are available for media outlets to participate in the external and independent audit phase that certifies the conformity of the transparency report.

Applications are open from July 1st 2023 to July 1st 2025. To apply for a financial grant, please check the eligibility criteria below: 

• The media outlet must be based or exiled in an EU country.
• The media outlet must have passed and validated the self-assessment and transparency report publication stages.
• The media must apply via the JTI Campus platform.
• Depending on the resources and size of the media outlet, vulnerable media outlets and those in difficult situations are strongly encouraged to apply.

To apply for a financial grant, please send an email to Chloé Fiodiere, JTI Global Manager on cfiodiere@rsf.org

Reporters Without Borders Partners (RSF) With NewsGuard to launch Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) Emergency Protocol to Support Ukraine’s Quality News Media 

This crisis response mechanism will help newsrooms in at-risk markets, starting with Ukraine, to accelerate their validation according to the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) and to quickly get their NewsGuard rating, thereby allowing advertisers, funders and tech companies to support endangered journalism. 

(May 11, 2023 – Paris) – The Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI), an international journalism standard initiated by Paris-based non-profit Reporters Without Borders (RSF), announced today the launch of a JTI emergency protocol powered by NewsGuard, to enable the speedy deployment of its evaluation process to countries where the media landscape is most at risk. This effort, which launches first in Ukraine, will help advertisers and others support quality journalism.

As part of JTI’s crisis response mechanism, NewsGuard will engage with newsrooms to help them complete their JTI transparency reports, a first step toward their certification. NewsGuard will also rate their news websites according to its own methodology, based on nine apolitical criteria of journalistic practice. This will help these newsrooms establish their credibility and transparency to advertisers, digital platforms, funders and tech companies, opening up new possibilities of financing for struggling media. 

The JTI emergency protocol, which will eventually be offered in multiple crisis regions, will first be deployed in Ukraine, where the media have suffered immensely since the start of the Russian invasion, including from the collapse of the advertising market. Leading Ukrainian journalism outlets such as Hromadske, Lb.UA, Novynarnia, Hmarochos, Svoi City and Your City TV have agreed to be part of the initial round of twenty-five beneficiaries of the program, funded by the EU delegation in Ukraine. 

“We are delighted to partner with NewsGuard on the deployment of our certification process to regions of the world that most need it,” said Thibaut Bruttin, assistant director general of Reporters Without Borders (RSF). “The transparency of NewsGuard’s process, as well as the rigor with which it applies the JTI criteria, makes it the perfect partner for this program. The JTI signal can especially serve as a token of trustworthiness to be used by social media, search engines and news aggregators to grant incentives (verified accounts, appropriate moderation, due prominence, advertisement) to the media.”

“One of the most rewarding aspects of our work at NewsGuard is helping reliable news outlets get much needed funding from advertisers by being on our brand-safety ‘Inclusion Lists,’ which are used by advertisers, ad agencies and ad-tech companies to include quality news sites in programmatic and other forms of advertising,” said Chine Labbé, NewsGuard Vice-President of Partnerships, Europe and Canada. “We are proud to work with the JTI to expand to regions and outlets that most need it. Although our methodologies are different, we have always shared a common mission of helping credible media stand out and regain the trust they so deserve.”

"Having strong, vibrant and trusted independent news media is critical to healthy democracies across the world," said Ginny Badanes, Senior Director for the Democracy Forward program at Microsoft, which supports the Journalism Trust Initiative and licenses NewsGuard ratings and other trust data. "Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have prioritized support to Ukraine including to news organizations within the country covering the war. This partnership between NewsGuard and Reporters Without Borders empowers readers to have confidence that they are getting information about the war from trusted news organizations that follow widely accepted practices of integrity and accuracy.”

Filling their JTI transparency reports and getting rated by NewsGuard will help the participating media identify gaps and areas of improvement in their journalistic practices. Since NewsGuard’s launch in 2018, more than 2,100 news sites have engaged with NewsGuard analysts to improve their trust scores related to NewsGuard’s standards of journalistic practice. 

News websites with high trust scores are featured in NewsGuard’s “Inclusion Lists” for digital advertising, which are used to place programmatic advertising on websites as well as for broadcast and podcast advertising.

CIN, first investigative media to obtain the Journalism Trust Initiative certification 

Bosnia-based Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN) is the first investigative media to obtain the Journalism Trust Initiative certification, confirming its ethical practices and compliance with international reliability standards. 

To achieve the certification CIN has successfully passed the 3 steps of the Journalism Trust Initiative mechanism, answered the 130 criteria of the international standard and confirmed its applications in the newsroom thanks to an independent audit with Deloitte.

CIN is dedicated to investigative reporting, aimed toward providing fair and unbiased information, based on evidence and solid proof, to inform citizens. CIN’s work focuses on organized crime and corruption and the negative effect these have on the lives of ordinary citizens.

“We, at CIN, believe journalism should be fact-based, unbiased and trustworthy, aimed toward providing our readers with truthful information. It was important to us to go through the JTI evaluation process to make sure standards we apply in our work are ethical and professional, and we are delighted to be part of the group of global media leaders.” — Leila Bičakčić, executive director of Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN)

Trustworthy mechanism based on an ISO-type standard, the Journalism Trust Initiative, initiated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has been developed by a panel of 130 international experts under the aegis of the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and published as Workshop Agreement CWA 17493 to reward trustworthy journalism and compliance with professional norms.

Since its pilot phase, +500 media outlets have chosen to engage in this process. France Télévisions in France, swissinfo.ch in Switzerland, RTE News in Ireland or CBC-Radio Canada are among the first certified media. Media organizations can self-assess for free in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Arabic and in Ukrainian on jti-app.com/login through the Media Outlet account.

Newsback implements RSF Journalism Trust Initiative certification

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international non-profit organisation defending the freedom, pluralism and independence of journalism, and Newsback, a media repository that tracks the source and authenticity of information, have announced a partnership to facilitate the identification of trustworthy news sources.

Newsback is the first repository of media content (print, online and broadcast) to implement and promote RSF’s Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) standard, which aims to make it easier for the public to recognise trustworthy journalism. The Newsback site is now displaying the JTI sign on media sources that have achieved certification.

The JTI partnership coincides with Newsback’s plans to extend its repository of UK media. Newsback shows the journey of a piece of content, right back to its provenance, to demonstrate its authenticity, dissemination, and potential misuse. The Newsback repository currently includes BBC Online and some national and regional newspapers with search history going back three years. This will grow in terms of number of media outlets and search history.

Several media organisations in the UK are in the JTI certification process, which includes internal self-assessment of journalistic policies, public disclosure of that assessment in a transparency report and an independent audit from a licensed, certified body. 

The JTI is soon to announce a UK-based certifier that will audit media self-assessments for certification and there are more than 500 certified media outlets around the world, including: France Télévisions, RTÉ News, SWI swissinfo.ch, and CBC/Radio-Canada. 

Delphine Gatignol, Director, Newsback said: “Against a backdrop of mass dissemination of disinformation, it has become vital to restore public trust in information and to support access to quality journalism that can foster the development of more informed opinions and decisions.

“The JTI is very much in line with our commitment to the fight against disinformation. Users of the Newsback platform (media, institutions, companies) will now be able to quickly identify JTI certified media and easily find media sources whose reliability is recognised and certified. For organisations and individuals following a story or using content, this is a great way to ensure that information they are referencing is authentic.”

Fiona O’Brien, RSF UK Bureau Director said: “What is so good about the JTI is that it helps consumers know at a glance whether the source they are looking at is trustworthy - something that is increasingly challenging given the volumes of information and disinformation online. Our partnership with Newsback is a great step forward in our attempts to help media users, and also to help good journalism stand out.” 

About the Journalism Trust Initiative: JTI 

Initiated by Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières: RSF) and launched in 2019, the JTI process aims to identify and promote reliable sources of information and trustworthy media. Incorporated in 2022 into the EU Enhanced Code of Practice on Disinformation, the JTI is based on a list of criteria developed with more than 130 organisations and actors from the media industry, academia, tech companies and the media sector.

About Newsback

Newsback is a media content repository that helps content creators, media organisations, government bodies and individuals verify the source and journey of a piece of content or information to help in the fight against misinformation.

Founded in France in 2020, Newsback has a unique and vast indexation database and uses high-quality recognition technology to identify, track and analyse published news content – texts, images, video and audio – across print, radio, television and web. Providing the chronology of content enables the user to better judge how trustworthy the source is and detect possible deviation of content.

Lithuanian Public Service Media LRT awarded the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) certification

Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT consolidates its efforts towards high ethical standards thanks to the Journalism Trust Initiative certification. 

Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija (LRT), Lithuania’s public broadcaster, became the first public media organisation in the Baltic countries to be awarded the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) certification mark rewarding trustworthy journalism. LRT's compliance with the JTI standard was independently assessed by international audit firm Deloitte.

One year ago, LRT initiated the internal review of each and every single criteria of the JTI standard, covering its identity and transparency as a media outlet as well as the professional standards and accountability mechanisms that govern its news production. The certification consolidates the work done by LRT over the past couple of years to achieve and maintain high ethical standards: “a Code of Ethics was developed by journalists themselves and subsequently approved by the LRT Council, an Ethics Ombudsman is in place, and an editorial policy has been compiled from a number of procedures and documents”  – Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė, Director General of LRT and member of the EBU Executive Board

"The JTI certificate is a kind of universal journalistic quality label that should indicate the sources of trustworthy news to our audiences," Monika added. “I am delighted that LRT is the first public media in the region to receive the JTI certificate and to be among the international media leaders."

"It is important to emphasise that the updated Editorial Policy of LRT is not just a handbook of rules that only journalists are bound to. This document is accessible to the public and allows our viewers, listeners and readers to evaluate LRT's work based on our own commitments, and for us to be accountable vis-à-vis our audiences." – Lina Joskaudaite-Dmitrijeva, Head of the Law and Vindication Divisions and Deputy Chair of the LRT Ethics Commission

“With this certification, LRT gives additional guarantees on its production of high quality, trustworthy content, on its transparent policies and procedures and on its standards overall. Public Service Media (PSM) play a vital role in supporting and maintaining well-functioning democracies. We encourage more PSM to cement their efforts by implementing the JTI.” – Christophe Deloire, Secretary General of Reporters Without Borders

Initiated by the Paris-based press freedom watchdog and human rights NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the JTI is a mechanism designed to support the universal, individual freedom of opinion through access to information and independent, pluralistic media. Supported by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since its very beginnings, the JTI has already been implemented by PSMs such as swissingo, France Télévisions, RTE News in Ireland, CBC News/Radio-Canada and many more. 500+ media outlets around the world are currently going through the internal review process, which is made available free of charge on the jti-app portal.

Receiving a certification of compliance with the JTI standard is the positive result of an audit performed by an independent, external certifier (not by RSF) that is officially entitled (‘accredited’) to perform said audit. The JTI certification has a validity of 2 years during which both the certified news outlet and the certifier are legally responsible and accountable for any misuse or complaints by either of them or by the general public.

14 February, 2023

The independent Russian TV channel Dozdh (TV Rain) obtains the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) certification

Russian language channel TV Rain becomes the first media in exile to obtain the Journalism Trust Initiative. This channel has proven its independence from the Kremlin for years. This certification proves the utility of JTI in front of despotic regimes.

The Russian independent channel forced into exile TV Rain just obtained the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) certification mark, a token of trustworthiness based on a thorough review by a professional auditor of its transparency report, focusing, among other indicators, on transparency of ownership and a review of its newsroom practices. TV Rain’s certified questionnaire is accessible here.

The Journalism Trust Initiative, initiated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has been developed by a panel of international experts under the aegis of the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and published as Workshop Agreement CWA 17493 in December 2019. Currently, 500+ media outlets are implementing this instrument along the different stages, including RTÉ News, Exit News Albania, SWI swissinfo.ch, Studio Kalangou in Niger, France Télévisions or Les Surligneurs. Compliance is verified by the independent certification body Deloitte. 

“The Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI), a self-regulation mechanism, proves efficient to reward trustworthy journalism in dire contexts such as the information war waged by the Kremlin and we are happy to count TV Rain among the media outlets providing proof of their alignment with the JTI. We invite large tech platforms, advertisers and regulators to take this signal into account.” - Christophe Deloire, Secretary General of Reporters Without Borders

“Transparency and openness were the core values of TV Rain in Russia. Stepping into the life of Dozhd, as a European TV station, we strive to preserve these principles. We have achieved the first TV channel in Russian language that has passed the JTI Certification. It is important for us to build our future relations with potential partners and audience on the principles of transparency.” - Natalia Sindeeva, CEO of TV Rain

The support of media forced to exile from Russia is a priority to RSF which launched last year the JX Fund alongside with the Rudolf Augstein Foundation and the Schöpflin Foundation. The Fund is intended to help media workers quickly and flexibly, to enable them to continue their work immediately after they have fled war and crisis zones. TV Rain is a beneficiary of the JX Fund.

The obtention of the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) certification mark is particularly important for TV Rain in a context of suspicion after the decision of Latvia’s electronic media regulator to rescind TV Rain broadcasting license. The channel has recently obtained a broadcasting license from the Netherlands and is relocating most of its staff and operations to Amsterdam.

11 October, 2022

11 countries undertake to back Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI)

At the International Summit for Information and Democracy, that was held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on 22 September, the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) reached another major milestone when it won the support of 11 of the 47 signatory states of the Partnership for Information and Democracy. 

Launched by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in 2019, the JTI is a self-regulatory mechanism designed to promote trustworthy journalism in the information ecosystem using transparent and objective standards, and is intended to be supported by democratic institutions.

The foreign ministers of Andorra, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Greece, Iceland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Slovakia and Slovenia – 11 of the 47 signatory states of the Partnership for Information and Democracy – signed a declaration recognising the difficulties that journalists face in maintaining their professionalism in an environment marked by targeted disinformation and smear campaigns aimed at discrediting their work.

The 11 countries hailed “the work done by the Forum on Information and Democracy in its reports How to end infodemics and A New Deal for Journalism on developing non-binding recommendations for all stakeholders, governments, private-sector digital actors and media.”

And they undertook to “support and encourage the development of self-regulatory practices by actors in the information and communication space, in particular the Journalism Trust Initiative,” and urged other countries to back the JTI.

“This strong commitment by countries that are members of the Partnership on Information and Democracy underlines the JTI’s importance as a market solution and its relevance to the challenges for journalism,” RSF secretary-general Christophe Deloire said. “If JTI certification is taken into account by regulators and when aid is being granted to the media, it should be possible to promote the existence of free, independent, pluralistic and financially sustainable media. Last but not least, this declaration will encourage governments to mobilise such key stakeholders as digital platforms and advertisers.”

The backing from these 11 countries comes at a time of expansion for the JTI. RSF was pleased to announce on 3 October that the Alliance for Audited Media (AAM), a not-for-profit media auditor in the United States, has been accredited by a subsidiary of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to conduct independent audits to determine media outlets’ compliance with the JTI.

More than 350 media have committed to adopting the JTI’s transparency standards since its creation in 2019. The JTI is designed to help build a healthier news and information space by providing an international set of journalistic standards for adoption by media outlets. They include certifiable criteria regarding professional editorial procedures and the transparency of media ownership, and are intended for use by media of all types, sizes and geographical locations.

3 October, 2022

ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) accredits Alliance for Audited Media (AAM) to certify in accordance with the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) Certification Programme

The ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB), a wholly owned subsidiary of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), has accredited the not-for-profit media auditor Alliance for Audited Media (AAM) to conduct independent audits to determine media outlets' compliance with the Journalism Trust Initiative's (JTI) standard for ethics and trustworthiness in journalism. With the accreditation, AAM becomes the first U.S. certifier of the JTI standard in accordance with ISO/IEC 17065, Conformity assessment—Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes, and services, under JTI's certification programme scheme requirements. AAM's achievement of this accreditation will support greater trustworthiness in an era where it has become increasingly difficult to distinguish information shaped by vested interests from facts produced by independent and impartial news professionals.

AAM provides independent audits across media platforms including web, mobile, and print, and has been accredited to conduct certification audits for the following program scopes:

• Identity and Transparency, which includes basic requirements on media's identity, editorial mission, public service media, requirements on owners' identity, disclosure of identity of the management team and its location, and disclosure of editorial contact details.
• Professionalism and Accountability, which includes accountability for journalism principles, accuracy, responsibility for content provided by the general public, responsibility for sources, professionalism for affiliations, and internal accountability.

The Journalism Trust Initiative's certification programme focuses on trustworthy information as an output of transparent and sound editorial processes by assessing ethical journalism as a service—and therefore the object of service certification. The program is intended to help users (e.g., service customers) to differentiate trustworthiness between media outlets (e.g., service providers) to make informed decisions.

ANAB's accreditation program operates in accordance with the International Standard, ISO/IEC 17065,  and the JTI's certification programme, which incorporates the following CEN Workshop agreement: CEN - CWA 17493:2019, Journalism Trust Initiative for journalistic content distributed by media outlets.

"ANAB is committed to supporting trustworthy news through accreditation," said R. Douglas Leonard, ANAB vice president for product, inspection, laboratory, and related activities. "With misinformation on the rise and trust in institutions and the media declining, there is an urgent need to help elevate transparent, reliable, and trustworthy information. The JTI conformity assessment scheme covers requirements related to identity, transparency, accountability, professionalism, independence, and ethics. ANAB's third-party verification of conformity to all of these requirements will raise the accountability and reliability of media professionals and outlet services in their work."

"The accreditation of AAM opens up the market for certification in the United States and is a historic step for the Journalism Trust Initiative," said Christophe Deloire, secretary general of Reporters Without Borders. "The JTI team is available to guide media professionals into the app and RSF will make available grants for news outlets based on their available resources. I would like to thank our donors, especially Craig Newmark Philanthropies, which have supported the development of the JTI over the years."

"We are proud to achieve accreditation from ANAB and to become the first U.S. certifier for the Journalism Trust Initiative," said Tom Drouillard, AAM CEO, president and managing director. "JTI's goal of elevating transparency in journalism aligns with AAM's mission to strengthen trust in media through third-party verification."

11 April, 2022

JTI at the #ijf22 in Perugia

Turning accountability into an asset: implementing Reporters Without Border's Journalism Trust Initiative

Holding others to account is what journalism is all about. But who is holding us to account? And why does it matter? These questions are among those resulting from the phenomenon of disinformation, which adds to a perfect storm our profession is facing. Suddenly it is no longer enough to claim: ’Trust me, I am a journalist!’ Suddenly, transparency becomes key to regain and retain our audience’s trust, to make the inner workings of our craft visible and to turn this into a competitive advantage.

Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė, LRT‘s Director General and European Broadcasting Union‘s Executive Board member, on some of the reasons why they decided to implement the JTI: “LRT is the largest media group in Lithuania, and should therefore be a standards setter. [The JTI] is also good for LRT as an employer and for journalists to better their work.” She added that “you can now say 'hands off' to political and other forms of pressure, as we can now prove the quality of our work thanks to these standards.”

“The truth also gained ground amidst the trouble we’re facing. So, suddenly we had to be more than just being loud about the truth. We had to show evidence about the truth.” [...] “If that means there are uncomfortable moments throughout the JTI process, that's actually good. We are nothing if people don’t trust us,” said Jon Williams, RTE News’ Managing Director. “With a standard for editorial processes, there are no more reasons for platforms to promote harmful content.”

Pascal Doucet-Bon, France Télévisions’ Deputy Director of news, commented that “many institutions offer complaints mechanisms, but there are so many. The JTI was the first occasion for us to reverse the habit of approaching ethics in journalism only through litigation, via such complaints.” He also shared his experience with the external audit, adding: “Many of our rules are not written anywhere, like geolocation because it is so simple. When the auditor asks you to produce evidence on rules like these, you realise how important they are and the authority of the audit.”

Watch again our discussion to have a first-hand and exclusive look behind the scenes of implementing the JTI in the daily routine of news organisations, why they sign up, what the benefits are, what obstacles occured and if it is worth it. The discussion took place on April 9, 2022 as part of the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy.

28 January, 2022

Case Study RTÉ

RTÉ News has stepped up its commitment to trusted journalism and has become the first Irish media organisation to sign up to the global Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI).

"The Journalism Trust Initiative consists of three-stages; first the media outlet is invited to complete a self-assessment, which involves an internal check of conformity with JTI Standard. Next, the results of this self-assessment may be voluntarily disclosed to the public and published by the media outlet as a Trust Report. The final stage of the process is an external audit involving an independent evaluation by a licensed Certification Body. The media outlet will be certified and awarded a Journalism Trust Initiative Mark following the successful completion of all three stages."

Click here to see how the Irish public broadcaster communicates the JTI on its corporate homepage and here to view its JTI Transparency Report.

Trust in journalism demands not just the truth but real transparency

Jon Williams, the Managing Director of RTÉ News explains in this blog post why the organisation decided to sign up for the JTI in the first place and why it matters:

"Last summer, we announced that RTÉ would become the first Irish news organisation to sign up to the 'Journalism Trust Initiative’- an industry wide initiative to promote trustworthy journalism and reduce disinformation through the development of independently audited standards of journalistic methods and ethics.

Trust isn’t just the product of facts or truth. It also depends on transparency, detailing the ownership, funding and ethos of an organisation."

12 November, 2021

JTI receives support at the Paris Peace Forum

The Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) was featured on a high-level panel at the Paris Peace Forum. Participants, including the European Commission’s Vice-President Vera Jourova, emphasized the importance of the Initiative to reward reliable journalism and to support a healthier information ecosystem at large. Read the RSF press release here and watch the full event below.

29 July, 2021

Conversation on Trustworthy Journalism as an Antidote to Disinformation

Watch our one-hour webinar, co-produced with ReNEWS, that features colleagues from prominent news organizations around the world, like CBC/Radio-Canada, RTÉ and exit.al, sharing their experiences with JTI's web offer designed to identify and reward trustworthy news sources.

18 May, 2021

Launched on May 18, the JTI online platform represents new dawn for media integrity, transparency and sustainability

• Reporters Without Borders (RSF) launches new web offer designed to identify and reward trustworthy news sources;
• Media outlets can use the online app to check, disclose and promote compliance of their editorial processes with best practices;
• The initiative represents a radical and innovative step forward in the battle against disinformation.

International non-governmental organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) announces today the public launch of its Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI), a game-changing transparency tool designed to promote trustworthy journalism. At the core of the JTI is the self-assessment of media outlets to diagnose, optimize and promote the accuracy of their journalism, with the aim of building a healthier news ecosystem, identifying and rewarding reliable reporting and restoring audiences’ confidence in journalism at large. more

Events

JTI Workshop (in French)

📅 29 March, 2023 | ⏰ 9:00am GMT+1 | 📍Kinshasa, DRC

JTI Workshop (in French)

📅 14 March, 2023 | ⏰ 9:00am GMT+1 | 📍Conakry, Guinea

Media Accountability in Lithuania - Lithuanian Journalism Centre – Conference

📅 13 October, 2022 | ⏰ JTI Workshop at 12:50pm-14:20pm EEST | 📍Vilnius, Lithuania | 🌐 lzc.lt

Teaching journalism students how to work with trustworthy journalistic sources and deal with untrustworthy media environments - European Journalism Training Association - AGM & Conference

📅 13-14 October, 2022 | ⏰ Nurturing freedom of expression through teaching global media literacy at 3:45 PM-4:45 PM UTC+4 on Oct 14 | 📍Tbilissi, Georgia | 🌐 ejta.eu

A Matter of Trust: International Journalism Week - iMEdD – Conference

📅 5-10 October, 2022 | ⏰ JTI Workshop at 3:30 PM-4:00 PM EEST on October 8 | 📍Athens, Greece | 🌐 forum.imedd.org

Building trust in media in South-East Europe and Turkey - Ethical Journalism Network - Regional Conference

📅 26-27 September, 2022 | 📍Istanbul, Turkey | 🌐 ethicaljournalismnetwork.org

Identifying and Rewarding Trustworthy Journalism, Colorado Pilot – Webinar

📅 15 June, 2022 | online | 🔗 more info here

Copenhagen Democracy Summit – Conference

📅 9 June, 2022 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 🔗 more info here

POINT - Political Accountability and New Technologies – Conference

📅 2 June, 2022 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 🔗 find a recap here

Circom 38th Annual Conference: Creative Regions – Creative Economy

📅 26 May, 2022 | Galway, Ireland | 🔗 more info here

Journalism Fair at Dataharvest – Workshop

📅 21 May, 2022 | Mechelen, Belgium | 🔗 more info here

11 August, 2021

ANAB accepting pilot accreditation program applications

The ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB), a wholly owned subsidiary of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), has launched a new pilot accreditation program for the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) – Certification Program. more

2 July, 2021

False story about decuplets was a low point for journalism: how to fix the damage

It is difficult to imagine a bigger journalistic disaster than the recent decuplets story by Pretoria News, based in South Africa’s capital city. But it may present an opportunity to think anew about what could be done to address journalism’s crisis of trust" – writes Franz Krüger for The Conversation and suggest to consider the JTI as a remedy. more

23 June, 2021

RTÉ NEWS FIRST TO SIGN UP NEW TO GLOBAL JOURNALISM TRUST INITIATIVE

RTÉ has underlined its commitment to trusted journalism with the announcement that it will be the first Irish media organisation to sign up to the global Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI). RTÉ News & Current Affairs are signing up to the JTI pledge and will begin using their online transparency tool, designed to promote trustworthy journalism. more

26 April, 2021

Case study: Exit.al and the Journalism Trust Initiative

In early 2020, Exit.al was approached to take part in the Journalism Trust Initiative. It was hot on the heels of the Albania government passing the first draft of a law that would essentially bring all online media under the direct control and supervision of the state. This was due to Prime Minister Edi Rama had belief that the majority of online media is unethical, slanderous, “trash”, and unprofessional.

The idea of conducting the audit seemed to be perfect timing. more

27 November, 2020

Road to transparent journalism: UNESCO is road-testing JTI in South-Easter Europe

UNESCO and its project partner, the Ethical Journalism Network, is supporting media outlets in South East Europe to perform a self-assessment exercise. It follows the professional standards and principles of the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) and can help qualify media outlets to become a part of the media community branded as recognising the standards and benchmarks for editorial quality and management. more

8 July, 2020

European Commission awards grant to support Reporters without borders’ Journalism Trust Initiative in Europe

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is pleased to announce the signature of a grant agreement with the European Commission to support the implementation of its ‘Journalism Trust Initiative’ (JTI) in Europe. more

14 September, 2019

Brexit divisions and angry social media discourse encourage tribal journalism where blind loyalty takes priority over facts

In an era of 'activist' newspapers, the need for a balanced approach has never been greater. more

5 September, 2019

Reporters Without Borders Announces $1.5M Gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to Support Transparency and Ethics in News and Media

Gift from craigslist founder’s foundation to facilitate implementation of Journalism Trust Initiative. more

9 August, 2019

What the heck is the Journalism Trust Initiative? And why should I care?

If you are reading this, you may have heard something about the Journalism Trust Initiative. Maybe you saw it on the agenda of the SPJ Excellence in Journalism conference. It’s hard keeping all these misinformation-fighting efforts straight, and the ground keeps shifting. more

18 July, 2019

It is up to journalists to define ‘trustworthy’ news

The initiatives to stop the spread of disinformation abound, but the phenomenon continues to rise. It not only undermines journalism, but also people’s trust in the media, resulting in the growing problem of news avoidance. What if journalists took matters in their own hands? That’s the goal of the Journalism Trust Initiative. more

2 July, 2019

RSF and partners launch a public consultation on the Journalism Trust Initiative

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and its partners AFP, EBU and GEN are pleased to announce the launch of a public consultation about their Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) on July 3rd. JTI aims at defining indicators for trustworthy journalism. Compliance with them is expected to provide tangible benefits for media outlets, big and small, and thus, support them to cater to a healthy information space at large. more

4 February, 2019

More than 100 media outlets and organizations are backing the Journalism Trust Initiative

The Journalism Trust Initiative, proposed and organized by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and its partners, EBU, AFP and GEN, is entering its decisive phase this week. The second out of four workshops under the European Committee for Standardization’s (CEN) rules will be hosted by UNESCO in its Paris headquarters on Tuesday, 5 February. ​more

28 November, 2018

Russian foreign minister criticizes RSF’s trustworthy journalism work

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov’s criticism of the Journalism Trust Initiative at a time when the defence of trustworthy journalism – meaning journalism that is free, independent and rigorous – is a major challenge for democratic societies and humankind as a whole. ​more

3 April, 2018

RSF and its partners unveil the Journalism Trust Initiative to combat Disinformation

An innovative media self-regulatory initiative designed to combat disinformation online – called the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) – was launched today by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and its partners Agence France Presse (AFP), the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the Global Editors Network (GEN). more