Media Outlet Artia13 Actualité Date of first publication 09/12/2025 Date of Latest Change 09/12/2025

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

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

Oui. Le Média refuse toute discrimination et favorise la diversité des profils, des origines et des points de vue, dans le respect du droit français et de sa charte éditoriale.

Do those guidelines cover staff welfare?

Yes

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

Partiellement. À l’échelle actuelle, le bien-être repose sur un dialogue direct, une charge de travail raisonnable et une grande flexibilité. Une politique plus formalisée sera intégrée à nos documents internes.

Are they publicly available?

Yes

What is the URL?

https://artia13.city/charte-editoriale/

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

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

Oui. Aucun contrat, qu’il soit bénévole, salarié ou indépendant, ne peut conditionner les choix éditoriaux. Les lignes éditoriales restent sous la responsabilité du directeur de la publication.

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?

No

Are there guidelines for contracts of engagement with freelance journalists?

Yes

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

Partiellement. Les collaborations indépendantes s’appuient sur la charte éditoriale et un accord clair sur les droits d’auteur et la liberté éditoriale. Une formalisation écrite est prévue.

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.

Partiellement. Les collaborations indépendantes s’appuient sur la charte éditoriale et un accord clair sur les droits d’auteur et la liberté éditoriale. Une formalisation écrite est prévue.

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.

Oui. Toute discrimination fondée sur l’origine, le genre, l’orientation sexuelle, le handicap, la religion ou les opinions est proscrite. Toute collaboration contraire à ce principe serait immédiatement interrompue.

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

Yes

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

Oui. Les opportunités de collaboration sont ouvertes sur la base des compétences, de la motivation et du respect de la déontologie, sans critère d’exclusion illégitime.

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.

Partiellement. Le Média travaille principalement en environnement numérique et urbain non conflictuel. Pour toute mission à risque, une évaluation préalable et des mesures de sécurité seraient définies au cas par cas.

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

Yes

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

Partiellement. Le traitement de sujets sensibles se fait avec prudence et concertation. Le recours à un soutien extérieur (médical, psychologique) est encouragé si nécessaire, mais n’est pas encore formalisé par écrit.

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.

Partiellement. Toute situation de préjudice serait prise en charge en priorité par la direction, avec adaptation des missions et orientation vers les dispositifs de soutien appropriés. Une politique écrite reste à formaliser.