Media Outlet Magazine uBC Fumetti Date of first publication 06/11/2025 Date of Latest Change 06/11/2025
10. Accuracy
10.1. Processes for Ensuring Accuracy
The Media Outlet shall have internal rules with a systematic editorial process to make sure that the content is accurate and the Editorial Guidelines are adhered to. This may include the verification process for the content and the role of editorial oversight.
Do you have internal rules and a systematic editorial process to ensure the accuracy of your content?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
Magazine uBC Fumetti follows an internal editorial process to ensure the accuracy of its content.
Each article is written independently by the contributor and then reviewed by the editorial coordination team for factual accuracy, clarity, and consistency with the uBC Fumetti Manifesto.
Sources are verified when cited, and only approved content is published.
This review process guarantees adherence to ethical and editorial standards.
Each article is written independently by the contributor and then reviewed by the editorial coordination team for factual accuracy, clarity, and consistency with the uBC Fumetti Manifesto.
Sources are verified when cited, and only approved content is published.
This review process guarantees adherence to ethical and editorial standards.
Do you have internal rules and a systematic editorial process to ensure that the Editorial Guidelines are adhered to?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
Magazine uBC Fumetti has internal editorial procedures to ensure full adherence to its Editorial Guidelines.
All contributors agree to the uBC Fumetti Manifesto before joining the team.
Each article is reviewed by the editorial coordination team to ensure that it respects the publication’s principles of independence, fairness, and accuracy.
The President and the Director are responsible for maintaining consistency between published content and the ethical standards of the association.
All contributors agree to the uBC Fumetti Manifesto before joining the team.
Each article is reviewed by the editorial coordination team to ensure that it respects the publication’s principles of independence, fairness, and accuracy.
The President and the Director are responsible for maintaining consistency between published content and the ethical standards of the association.
Do you have a verification process for content and the role of editorial oversight?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
Magazine uBC Fumetti applies a verification process for all published content.
Each article is reviewed by the editorial coordination team — composed of the President, the Director, and senior editors — to ensure factual accuracy, clarity, and consistency with the uBC Fumetti Manifesto and Editorial Guidelines.
No article is published without prior review and approval.
This oversight guarantees both accuracy and adherence to ethical and editorial standards.
Each article is reviewed by the editorial coordination team — composed of the President, the Director, and senior editors — to ensure factual accuracy, clarity, and consistency with the uBC Fumetti Manifesto and Editorial Guidelines.
No article is published without prior review and approval.
This oversight guarantees both accuracy and adherence to ethical and editorial standards.
10.2. Process Review
There shall be a mechanism for the periodic review of the editorial processes to ensure that they are in compliance with the Editorial Guidelines and that the accountability processes are effective and being used to support them.
Do you have a mechanism for periodic review of the effectiveness of the implementation of your Editorial Guidelines in your editorial processes?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
Magazine uBC Fumetti has an established mechanism for the periodic review of its editorial processes.
The editorial coordination team — including the President, the Director, and area reviewers — meets monthly via video call to assess workflow efficiency, content quality, and compliance with the uBC Fumetti Manifesto and Editorial Guidelines.
Continuous communication is maintained via email and an internal WhatsApp group for operational coordination, while a Telegram group supports informal discussion.
The Vademecum della Redazione provides the procedural framework, and both the Manifesto and Guidelines are updated whenever needed to reflect improvements and maintain accountability.
The editorial coordination team — including the President, the Director, and area reviewers — meets monthly via video call to assess workflow efficiency, content quality, and compliance with the uBC Fumetti Manifesto and Editorial Guidelines.
Continuous communication is maintained via email and an internal WhatsApp group for operational coordination, while a Telegram group supports informal discussion.
The Vademecum della Redazione provides the procedural framework, and both the Manifesto and Guidelines are updated whenever needed to reflect improvements and maintain accountability.
Is your accountability mechanism (internal or external) subject to periodic review?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
Magazine uBC Fumetti periodically reviews its internal accountability mechanisms to ensure they remain effective and transparent.
During the monthly editorial meetings, the coordination team evaluates how corrections, clarifications, and updates are managed, as well as how responsibilities are distributed across the editorial workflow.
The Vademecum della Redazione and the uBC Fumetti Manifesto are updated when needed to improve clarity and maintain a consistent standard of accountability throughout the organisation.
During the monthly editorial meetings, the coordination team evaluates how corrections, clarifications, and updates are managed, as well as how responsibilities are distributed across the editorial workflow.
The Vademecum della Redazione and the uBC Fumetti Manifesto are updated when needed to improve clarity and maintain a consistent standard of accountability throughout the organisation.
10.3. Statistics and External Content
Statistics and external photographs/video/audio content should be sourced and verified.
Do your Editorial Guidelines require that statistics should be sourced and verified?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
Magazine uBC Fumetti does not produce statistical data but ensures that all factual information and references are taken from verified, direct, and authoritative sources.
These include official publisher websites, direct interviews, the magazine’s own historical archives, and reliable databases such as www.comicsbox.it.
All images used are either scans of original materials owned by the editors or press materials from official publisher sources.
This approach guarantees transparency, traceability, and respect for copyright.
These include official publisher websites, direct interviews, the magazine’s own historical archives, and reliable databases such as www.comicsbox.it.
All images used are either scans of original materials owned by the editors or press materials from official publisher sources.
This approach guarantees transparency, traceability, and respect for copyright.
Do your Editorial Guidelines require that external photographs/video/audio content should be sourced and verified?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
The uBC Fumetti Editorial Guidelines require that all external photographs, video, or audio materials be sourced and verified.
All images and media used on the site come either from official publisher sources, press kits, or are scans of original materials owned by the editors.
Any external video or audio (such as trailers or interviews) is embedded only when originating from official, verifiable channels.
Credits and copyright ownership are acknowledged collectively in the site’s footer.
This ensures authenticity, copyright compliance, and editorial transparency.
All images and media used on the site come either from official publisher sources, press kits, or are scans of original materials owned by the editors.
Any external video or audio (such as trailers or interviews) is embedded only when originating from official, verifiable channels.
Credits and copyright ownership are acknowledged collectively in the site’s footer.
This ensures authenticity, copyright compliance, and editorial transparency.
10.4. Identification of Journalists, Agencies
Principle and secondary authors should be identified, or if not, then recorded via publishing mechanisms, so that this information can be accessed if there is a query. This includes any news agency material subscribed to by the Media Outlet. Any details of individuals should be subject to the legal requirements of data protection and security considerations.
Are the Individual Journalists (including external sources) identified, for example through a byline, or recorded in publishing mechanism so that this information can be accessed?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
All articles published on Magazine uBC Fumetti clearly identify their author through a visible byline.
In the case of co-authored pieces or collaborative works, all contributors are credited.
External sources, interviews, or guest writers are also named.
Author information is stored within the website’s publishing system (WordPress) and accessible to administrators in compliance with GDPR and data protection standards.
In the case of co-authored pieces or collaborative works, all contributors are credited.
External sources, interviews, or guest writers are also named.
Author information is stored within the website’s publishing system (WordPress) and accessible to administrators in compliance with GDPR and data protection standards.
Is all News Agency material used by the Media Outlet recorded and tracked?
Yes10.5. Location Reporting
In news reporting, it should be clear to any reader or audience where a report is being written from, and if it includes location reporting. Where location reporting is constrained due to the mechanism or conditions of the facilitation this should be identified, e.g. an embed with an official army or independent travel with local militias. This may also include occasions where the reporting has been facilitated by a commercial, NGO or governmental organisation and labelling is necessary for transparency.
Is location reporting identified in your content?
YesDo your Editorial Guidelines ensure that any constraint on location reporting be explained in the report or in the context of its publication?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
The uBC Fumetti Editorial Guidelines require that any constraint or facilitation affecting location-based reporting be disclosed within the article or its introduction.
When coverage is based on material provided by publishers — such as previews, press events, or review copies — this context is clearly indicated to maintain transparency.
When coverage is based on material provided by publishers — such as previews, press events, or review copies — this context is clearly indicated to maintain transparency.
Do your Editorial Guidelines require transparency where a location report has been facilitated by an external body?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
The uBC Fumetti Editorial Guidelines require full transparency whenever coverage is facilitated by an external body.
If an article or interview is made possible through publisher invitations, event accreditations, or access to advance materials, this is clearly disclosed in the text.
Such facilitation never affects editorial independence or opinions expressed.
If an article or interview is made possible through publisher invitations, event accreditations, or access to advance materials, this is clearly disclosed in the text.
Such facilitation never affects editorial independence or opinions expressed.
10.6. Automatically Generated Content
News content generated, wholly or partly, automatically by means of algorithmic processes (such as but not limited to text generating systems, bots or artificial intelligence) shall be clearly indicated.
Do you publish any content that is automatically generated?
No10.7. Algorithmic Dissemination and Curation
A Media Outlet shall indicate its policy on the use of algorithms for news content dissemination or curation and its adherence to best practice requirements from regulatory or advisory bodies.
Do you use any algorithms for the dissemination or curation of content?
YesDo you clearly indicate your policy on your use of algorithms for the dissemination and curation of news content?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
Magazine uBC Fumetti clearly states, through its Editorial Guidelines and Privacy Policy, that no algorithmic systems are used for the curation or recommendation of content.
All article selection and dissemination are handled manually by the editorial team, ensuring transparency and full editorial control.
All article selection and dissemination are handled manually by the editorial team, ensuring transparency and full editorial control.
Does the Media Outlet adhere to best practice requirements from a regulatory or advisory body?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
Magazine uBC Fumetti adheres to best practice requirements established by EU regulatory frameworks, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Digital Services Act.
Although the magazine does not use algorithmic curation, it complies with transparency and accountability standards consistent with the Journalism Trust Initiative principles.
Although the magazine does not use algorithmic curation, it complies with transparency and accountability standards consistent with the Journalism Trust Initiative principles.
10.8. Treatment of Explicit Content
Editorial processes shall ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of violent and explicit content, of content which features children or other vulnerable people, and of live content.
Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of violent and explicit content?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
The uBC Fumetti Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of violent or explicit content.
When discussing comics or graphic novels containing mature themes, the editorial team presents such material critically and within context, avoiding sensationalism or unnecessary detail.
Content warnings are added when relevant to respect reader sensitivity.
When discussing comics or graphic novels containing mature themes, the editorial team presents such material critically and within context, avoiding sensationalism or unnecessary detail.
Content warnings are added when relevant to respect reader sensitivity.
Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of content which features children or other vulnerable people?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
The uBC Fumetti Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethical and respectful treatment of any content featuring children or vulnerable individuals.
Such subjects are never depicted or described in a sensational manner.
In narrative contexts, they are discussed analytically and with full respect for privacy and dignity.
No personal data or identifiable images are ever published without consent.
Such subjects are never depicted or described in a sensational manner.
In narrative contexts, they are discussed analytically and with full respect for privacy and dignity.
No personal data or identifiable images are ever published without consent.
Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate handling of live content?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
The uBC Fumetti Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethical management of live or real-time content.
Although the magazine rarely produces live streams, any such events (e.g., interviews or festival coverage) are moderated and supervised by the editorial team to ensure accuracy, respectful dialogue, and adherence to ethical standards.
Although the magazine rarely produces live streams, any such events (e.g., interviews or festival coverage) are moderated and supervised by the editorial team to ensure accuracy, respectful dialogue, and adherence to ethical standards.