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EDITORIAL POLICY
Kagera Media Consults Uganda Limited, the publishers of www.ugstandard.com, aspires to be a professional news media company upholding the core tenets of journalism and media operations globally.
Our guiding principles are accuracy, balance, and fairness. In the dynamic landscape of the digital revolution, our commitment to an immaculate turnaround time for breaking news is paramount.
We advocate for and enhance issues of public interest. Our platforms will facilitate robust public debate and feature groundbreaking investigative stories that set the agenda, extending beyond the traditional journalistic duties of informing, entertaining, and educating.
We maintain no political affiliations. Instead, we champion a brand of journalism that not only informs the public but also recognizes and supports a free, democratic dispensation. We provide a platform for open, unfettered debate to empower citizens in making fair and independent political choices.
Our editorial policy safeguards the independence and fairness of our content. Everything published on our platforms will be free from any political, business, or other vested interests.
In our news operations, the protection of freedom of expression is a cardinal principle, always in line with prevailing legal restrictions concerning privacy, hate speech, libel, and other relevant laws.
Content
Content created by our staff and published on our platforms must be truthful, accurate, and fair. The credibility of our platforms is maintained by adhering to these key guidelines when producing content.
Submissions
Unsolicited articles are welcome, and their publication is at the discretion of our editorial team. Kagera Media Consults Uganda Limited reserves the right to exercise its editorial judgment and reject any article at any time for any reason.
Editorial decisions regarding publication are made at the discretion of Kagera Media Consults Uganda Limited and www.ugstandard.com. These decisions are based on factors including, but not limited to, relevance to the industry, reader interest, timeliness, and the caliber of writing.
All submissions will be edited for accuracy, clarity, quality, and length. Kagera Media Consults Uganda Limited and www.ugstandard.com do not guarantee that authors will review their work prior to publication due to inherent time constraints in the production process.
None of the original editorial content that Kagera Media Consults Uganda Limited and www.ugstandard.com publish in this channel is influenced by advertisers, politicians, private or industry sponsors, members, donors, partners, or collaborators. When such influence is present, the articles will be clearly tagged to indicate this.
Accuracy
All published content must be true in both facts and context. Sources of information must be clearly identified, and all facts must have corroborative evidence before any story is published. Readers have a right to know the origin of the information published on our platforms. A sound reason must be provided in cases where the use of unnamed sources is unavoidable.
Bylines, Datelines, and Taglines
Datelines help us provide readers with the most accurate accounting of where information for a story was gathered. Bylines and taglines clearly state who wrote or contributed to a story. We use datelines on single-byline stories only if the reporter was physically present at the location cited in the dateline.
Graphic Images, Tone & Taste
Our platforms will publish content using clean, standard language, and will not tolerate vulgarity or lewd language.
Generally, what constitutes good taste is determined by prevailing social norms. However, if the depiction of a particular message or the language used is likely to be regarded as filthy, revolting, repugnant, or dirty, it is considered to be in bad taste.
Regarding pictures, vulgar, indecent, or pornographic images will not be published. The same applies to photographs showing dead or mutilated bodies, bloody incidents, or abhorrent scenes.
As a media house, Kagera Media Consults Uganda Limited commits to remaining accountable to our audience and encourages feedback on the quality of content on our platforms. This can be provided through direct emails and telephone calls, as well as on the official social media platforms of www.ugstandard.com: Twitter: @ugstandard; Facebook: facebook.com/ugstandard.
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