Media Outlet NikVesti Date of first publication 25/07/2023 Date of Latest Change 19/09/2024

1. Basic Requirements on Media’s Identity

1.1. Legal Entity Name

The Media Outlet, as Conforming Entity, shall provide the name designating the Legal Entity or entities under which it is conducting business. In some cases, this will be the company or public entity (branch of government, parliament, legally authorised state institution, etc.) that has ultimate legal ownership of the Media Outlet. This usually is the body that would be held liable in a court case. It is the body that enters into transactions such as paying employees and suppliers or receiving funds from readers, viewers, customers, advertisers and other sources of funding.

What is the Legal Entity Name?

Private enterprise "NikVesti Production"

1.2. Contact Details and Identifiers

The contact details that shall be provided are the postal address and both a general telephone number and email address for the Legal Entity or entities designated in clause 1.1 “Legal Entity Name”, as well as existing identifiers. Clarification: This should be the contact details for the Legal Entity. Elsewhere in this document, means of contact for reader, viewer or listener enquiries, editorial input and other purposes are required.

What is the postal address for the Legal Entity?

Admiralska Street, 31 Block B/8
54001 Mykolaiv
Mykolaivs'ka Oblast Ukraine

What is the general telephone number for the Legal Entity?

00 380932838912

What is the email address for the Legal Entity?

nikvesti.com@gmail.com

Is the Legal Entity required to have a Tax ID, a Registration ID, a DUNS number and/or other identifiers?

Yes

What are these IDs for the Legal Entity?

EDRPOU code 35722502

Are there any other governmental or other identifiers that a certification body could use to verify the identity of the Legal Entity?

Yes

What are those identifiers?

Certificate No. 1155-652 / PR issued by the Head Territorial Administration of Justice near the Mykolaiv region.
Media ID R40-00984 in the State Register of Media Subjects

1.3. Description of Media Outlet

The Conforming Entity shall list all brand names, titles, publication names, etc. under which its Content is published, broadcast, printed or otherwise disseminated to the public or customers. These will be known for this document and this process collectively as the Media Outlet. It is that Media Outlet that will conform with this Journalism Trust Initiative Standard. This is the Conforming Entity. These include all names used on website URLs and on social media accounts, etc.

What Brand Name(s), titles, publication names, etc. do you use to publish Content?

НикВести, МикВісті, NikVesti

1.4. Distribution Channels and URLs

The Media Outlet shall list all URLs on which it publishes. If broadcast or audiovisual, the Media Outlet shall list all terrestrial frequencies, satellite, cable, streaming and other platforms on which it is distributed.

Does the Media Outlet publish on any URLs?

Yes

On what URLs do you publish?

https://nikvesti.com

Does the Media Outlet publish any content on any social media?

Yes

What are the social media URLs, handles, addresses or names that you use to publish?

https://t.me/nikvesti
https://www.facebook.com/nikvesti
https://www.youtube.com/nikvestitv
https://www.youtube.com/@nikvesti-archive
https://www.instagram.com/nikvesti
https://twitter.com/nikvesti
https://invite.viber.com/?g2=AQB9azeV3mxLyFKXMr%2FgP1KiaBcHkvYt%2BxVMBU4UyzpoJfKDxAEbchfkGrkG8lcr
https://www.tiktok.com/@nikvesti.com

Does the Media Outlet publish any content by broadcasting and/or streaming?

No

1.5. Safety Concerns

The Media Outlet shall at all times keep the safety (including digital safety and cybersecurity) of staff, contributors and owners as a primary concern. If full transparency of contact details or other information might endanger individuals, the Media Outlet shall describe what it can about the legitimate reasons for a lack of disclosure or use of pseudonyms for that purpose. Safety concerns shall not be misused to refrain from disclosure.

Do the Media Outlet's Editorial Guidelines state that the safety of all journalists shall be treated as a primary concern?

Yes

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

In January 2024, we adopted the Care Policy, the main purpose of which is to guarantee the maximum safety, physical and psychological well-being of the employees of "NikVesti Production" PE. Link to policy: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14F8e4J1IZ5wsT_OPhK3pMuL5xf3NFJAU/view

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

The Media Outlet shall provide the physical address of the headquarters of the legal entity referred to above in 1.1 Legal Entity Name. Clarification: This is necessary in cases where the address listed in the Contact Details clause (1.2) does not specify a physical location, or where the location designated by the contact details referred to in 1.2 is not the same location as the headquarters. Clause 1.5, Safety Concerns, may be applied.

Is the physical address of the Legal Entity different from the postal address according to question no. 2?

Yes

Do you have a safety-related reason for not providing it?

No

1.7. Founding Date

The founding date of the Legal Entity referred to in clause 1.1 “Legal Entity Name” shall be specified. If the Media Outlet designated in clause 1.3 “Media Outlet” has a different founding date, the history of former legal entities and their founding dates shall be listed.

What is the founding date of the Legal Entity?

February / 2008

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)?

Yes

Provide a history of previous/former Legal Entities and their founding dates.

We traditionally consider April 23, 2009, as the founding date of our media, as this is when the domain name nikvesti.com was registered.

However, the legal entity NikVesti Production (Private Enterprise) was registered earlier, on February 1, 2008. Since this legal entity was not yet involved in journalism at that time, we consider the actual start of our online media operations to be a year later, in line with the domain registration.

Until 2023, websites in Ukraine could not be officially registered as media outlets. To legalize our journalists and operate within the legal framework, as well as gain accreditation for events, we registered as a newspaper in 2011. This allowed our journalists to hold press credentials for print media, even though they worked in digital.

It wasn’t until 2023, with the introduction of a new media law in Ukraine, that we registered as an online media outlet, obtained the relevant registration certificate, and were included in the Ukrainian online media registry.