Media Outlet Skeptics in the Pub Valais Date of first publication 29/12/2025 Date of Latest Change 29/12/2025

16. Professionalism in the Media Outlet

16.1. Recruitment and Training

There shall be professional guidelines for the recruitment and training of editorial staff. This includes responsibilities for implementing diversity policy and staff welfare. Recruitment policy, (use of open competition etc.) and staff welfare principles should be publicly available.

Do you have guidelines for the recruitment and training of editorial staff?

Yes

Do those guidelines contain a diversity policy?

Yes

Do those guidelines cover staff welfare?

Yes

Are they publicly available?

Yes

16.2. Working Conditions, Contract Policy and Labour Relations

Journalistic principles and practice should be supported by the organisational environment including protection for journalistic integrity through adherence to labour laws and regulations, transparency of contract policy and freedom to organise. The duration or nature of the contract should not inhibit a journalist from operating in an ethical manner and the organisation structure should protect that principle.

Do the regulations and guidelines for the employment of staff and engagement of contract journalists protect their editorial independence?

Yes

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haque auteur bénéficie d'une liberté totale dans le choix et le traitement de ses sujets. Cette indépendance est protégée par une clause de conscience : aucun auteur ne peut être contraint d'exprimer une opinion contraire à sa conscience ou aux principes de la Charte signée.

Are your employees (including freelance) covered by legal contracts and insurance?

Yes

Does your staff have the freedom to organise?

Yes

Do you have an existing structure for social dialogue including a collective bargaining arrangement with appropriate trade unions?

N/A

Are there guidelines for contracts of engagement with freelance journalists?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

Tout collaborateur extérieur doit respecter et signer la Charte Éthique et des Politiques internes du média, qui définit les standards de rigueur et d'intégrité attendus.

Do these guidelines ensure the ability of freelancers to adhere to the editorial principles?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

Tout collaborateur extérieur doit respecter et signer la Charte Éthique et des Politiques internes du média, qui définit les standards de rigueur et d'intégrité attendus.

16.3. Staff Welfare

Responsibility for the welfare of staff and those contracted on a freelance basis should be an important part of a Media Outlet’s role. Organisational Editorial Guidelines should be protective against any form of discrimination and supportive of equality of opportunity. It should ensure safety at work and in the working environment (including remote and online) and have guidelines, which support staff who have been exposed to material of a sensitive or upsetting nature or have suffered physical or psychological harm in the course of their work.

Does your Media Outlet's rules and procedures protect against discrimination in the workplace?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

Notre structure horizontale et bénévole repose sur le respect mutuel ; toute discrimination entraîne l'exclusion immédiate du collectif.

Does your Media Outlet's rules and procedures support equality of opportunity?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

L'accès au média est ouvert à toutes et à tous, basé uniquement sur la qualité du travail et l'adhésion à la Charte.

Does your Media Outlet have a safety at work policy, which includes specific protection for journalists working in hostile environments?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

Nous privilégions la vigilance et évitons toute exposition physique inutile. Notre politique interne permet le recours au pseudonymat pour protéger les auteurs des pressions liées aux sujets sensibles.

Does your Media Outlet have guidelines to support editorial staff who have been exposed to material of a sensitive or upsetting nature?

Yes

Does your Media Outlet have guidelines to support editorial staff who suffered physical or psychological harm in the course of their work?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

La santé mentale prime sur la production. Le fonctionnement horizontal garantit une liberté totale d'arrêt ou de pause dès qu'un auteur en ressent le besoin, avec le soutien moral du groupe.
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