Name of code
Our Guiding Principles [Alapelveink]
Originator of code
Direkt36 (Online Investigative Journalism Portal)
Country
Hungary
Original language
Hungarian
Year of creation
2016
Type of code
Journalism
Main frame of accountability
Market
Transparency
Public
Legal and regulatory context
Non-mandatory
Implementation and enforcement
Voluntary
Diversity
No
AI/automation
No
Direkt36 is one of the biggest investigative online newsportal in Hungary its mission is to expose abuse of power, corruption, negligence, and waste or misuse of other public goods by conducting investigative reporting. In its docuemnt Direkt36 determines rules and regulations regarding its organizational structure and independence, receiving and using donations, transparency, professional cooperation in its guiding principles document which also determines the most important principles of journalism ethics.
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