The project will be incorporated into the introductory information of the new company that will be called InfoFirstNews: The News source, where facts come first.
We live in the information age and lack of trust. In the history of the human race never have so many individuals been so much informed–and, at the same time, never has it been so hard to know what to believe. Falsehoods have a greater speed of transmission than refutations. Partisan framing perverts the facts even before they had completed circulating. Headlines with emotions lead to sharing even before the reader has gone through the first paragraph.
The foundation of InfoFirstNews com was directly in response to this crisis. It is an online news outlet that has only one uncompromising philosophy namely facts first. Before opinion. Before outrage. Before narrative. Prior to any other thing – the facts.
MISSION
InfoFirstNews com is in existence because it is needed to be a credible anchor to an untrustworthy information environment. Its mission is simple, it aims at providing readers with the accurate, verified and clearly sourced news and information that is more than spin.
The publication is premised on the fact that the readers have a right to be aware of what is factually determined, before they are requested to make an opinion. The distinction between a news source that prioritizes facts and one that does not lies not merely in philosophy but in actual practice and is evident in every editorial choice. Is a headline correct in depicting a story? Are there relevant contexts to numbers? Are sources disclosed? Is verification done on claims prior to publication? The answer to all these questions is always yes, at InfoFirstNews com.
The mission also entails promise to rectify misinformation, not in political sense but in journalistic sense. In cases where misinformation becomes viral and impacts on the knowledge of many people about critical matters, InfoFirstNews com uses their fact-checks to deliver clear evidence-based fact-checks that provide the reader with what he or she requires to distinguish between truth and falsehood. This is irrespective of whether the misinformation is politically generated or otherwise.
VISION
InfoFirstNews com dreams of an environment in which verification is not an exception, but a rule of thumb – in which the reader has one source that they can trust to present them with the facts on the ground before they ask them to feel any certain way or to think a certain way.
The idea is to be that source to a wide, politically heterogeneous audience who is fed up with being manipulated and seeks a publication that can trust them to be able to deal with the truth. InfoFirstNews is not concerned about what to conclude to the readers. It is concerned with providing them with the factual basis which will make meaningful conclusions possible.
Over the long run, InfoFirstNews hopes to be a prototype of a new form of journalism one that proves, over a period of time, that fact-first reporting can be rigid and yet still garner the actual, long-term trust of the reader. That is a very radical ambition in an environment of polarization and mistrust in the media.
THE FACTS-FIRST EDITORial PHiLOSophey
The editorial philosophy of InfoFirstNews is a well defined philosophy that sets it apart as compared to most of the digital news publications. It has the following principles:
Verification Before Publication – No claim is posted at InfoFirstNews unless it is verified. This involves using the primary sources as much as possible especially in tracing information, trying to find verification of the information by various independent sources, and putting data and statistics under scrutiny before it can be included in reporting. This slows down the publication, in a fast news environment, compared to those who first publish and then correct. InfoFirstNews is willing to pay that price.
Transparency of the source – The readers have the right to be informed of the source of information. Infofirstnews credits its sources where this does not expose them to harm, justifies the reasons behind statements which cannot be credited to named sources, and makes a clear distinction between what is known, what is alleged and what is uncertain. Uncertainty is not a secret – it is reported.
Separation of News and Opinion — One of the most destructive tendencies in the modern media has been the anti-distinguishing of news and opinion. These are maintained strictly different at InfoFirstNews. Reporting in the news tells about what took place, what is known and what evidence reveals. Opinion pieces will give an argument. The two are distinctly marked, and do not squurt into each other.
Correction Culture – Mistakes occurred. The difference between a credible and an untrustworthy publication lies not in the fact that the former is error-free but the readiness to rectify the latter as soon as possible, in a high-profile manner, and without spin. InfoFirstNews will issue corrections at the beginning of articles that were corrected and explain what was incorrect and what the correct information is, and keeps a record of corrections.
None of the Native Advertising or Sponsored Content — Editorial integrity needs editorial independence. InfoFirstNews has no sponsored content or native advertising and any other content the publication of which is conditioned by commercial relations. In case of advertising, it is well marked and the advertising is not connected with journalism.
WHAT YOU’ll find on INFOFIRSTNEWS
InfoFirstNews comes out in a broad spectrum of news types always maintaining its philosophy of facts-first:
Breaking News with Context This is where the big news happens and InfoFirstNews covers the news that is proven, but is clear about what is not known yet. It is able to resist the urge to speculate on the lack of knowledge. Rather it gives an authenticated fact, pertinent history and promise of updating the story as new information is authenticated. The speed of breaking news at InfoFirstNews is sufficient to be useful, but not so great to compromise the accuracy.
Fact-Checking and Misinformation Debunking – This is a special section of InfoFirstNews where the author focuses on fact-checking the claims that become the center of attention among a large number of people. This involves the words of political leaders, viral posts on social media, shared statistics and stories which have propagated inaccurately via media reporting. Any fact-check is comprehensive, well-sourced, and is arranged in a format that allows one to easily grasp what is accurate, what is inaccurate and what is more than a simple true or false decision.
Political and Government Reporting — Political reporting at InfoFirstNews is concerned with what the elected officials, government agencies and political institutions actually do, their votes, their policy, their budget, what they say in the record. The newspaper reports on the political events on the two ends of the spectrum, has the same standards of verification no matter the political affiliation of the news item, and distinctly differentiates between analysis and news reporting.
Science and Health News – It has never been more crucial or challenging to do accurate science and health journalism. The InfoFirstNews reports scientific and health news respectfully of the peer review process, truthful recognition of uncertainty and clearly warns of preliminary results. It does not give studies an amplification before it has been replicated, does not contextualize statistical risks and does not provide a false balance on science consensus.
Economic and Financial Reporting — Economic news needs numerical literacy and context which is lacking in most news media. InfoFirstNews releases economic and financial reporting, which justifies the importance of data, compares to corresponding historical standard, and does not yield to depiction of economic statistics in a manner that are technically correct, but misleading in context.
Legal and Judicial Affairs — Courts and legal proceedings come up with the huge quantity of lost reporting. InfoFirstNews reports on the legal side of the story with accuracy – what charges are and are not, what the court decision will or will not say is true and how the courts do it. The publication is dedicated to proper reporting of the law, which will enable the readers to have a clear picture of the justice system without being overly simplified.
International News- InfoFirstNews is a sourced and comprehensive reporting of international news, especially focusing on the accuracy of the facts in conflict situations, elections, and diplomatic affairs, which usually have competing accounts. The magazine is based on various sources of varying national platforms and is clear of the boundaries of what can be ascertained alone in complicated international circumstances.
Technology and Society — Technology is one of the most impactful and the most miscovered spheres of contemporary life. InfoFirstNews reports the news in the field of artificial intelligence, data privacy, social media sites, and digital policy with a high level of scrutiny based on what the evidence demonstrates, rather than what tech companies want us to believe, or what opponents believe will harm us, but what is actually proven.
Explainers and Reference Content — In addition to breaking news and continuing coverage, InfoFirstNews features explainers, where readers get the background knowledge to comprehend complex issues. These articles are composed to be factual, approachable and truly informative – materials that readers can refer to as problems become dynamic.
THE faces behind the scenes at the INFOFIRSTNEWS.
InfoFirstNews was designed by reporters who feel that the mission of the reporting is to fulfill the reader in his or her knowledge of reality – not any political agenda, business interest or tribal allegiance. A single standard is used by the editorial team and is applicable to all: Is it true? Is it verified? Does it clearly source? Is it a stand we can take?
All the reporters and editors of InfoFirstNews are under the editorial code of the publication. Inconvenient stories have no exceptions, claims that confirm what the team believes have no lowering of standards and claims that challenge it have no elevating of standards. Wherever he goes, so it is.
WHO INFOFIRSTNEWS IS In the favor of.
InfoFirstNews is dedicated to those readers who have become fed up with being misled. To individuals who have been scalded by false information, to those who have told a story only to find out that it is a lie or twisted, to those who have realized that various news reporters will say things in a totally different manner, and to those who desire to find a source of information they can believe in.
It is aimed at readers on both sides of the political spectrum but it is not based on ideology but on the need to have accuracy. InfoFirstNews does not presume that its readers are of a certain political opinion – the presupposition made is that the readers will appreciate the truth.
Citizens who recognize that a working democracy requires an underlying factual base on which the people can debate on and those who are willing to contribute their part in ensuring that the base is maintained by going to a source that does not take the facts lightly should use it.
When Facts first come first.
No other more basic thing in journalism than ensuring that the facts are properly put across. Analysis, opinion, narrative, investigation, all other things, are based upon that. Once the foundation cracks, all constructions constructed on it are put in question.
InfotrustNews will ensure that its foundation is strong. At a time when the facts are challenged, swept under the carpet, distorted, and covered up, a publication that puts them at the forefront is not only helpful, but indispensable.
Facts first, where. Such is the pledge. That is the standard. That is InfoFirstNews.
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