1. Who these terms are between
These terms govern your use of the newsroomhorizon.com website. The site is operated by Newsroom Horizon Ltd, CRO 712845, registered in Ireland, with its registered address at 12 Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 XY45, Ireland. By using the site you accept these terms; if you do not accept them, please do not use it.
The terms are written to be read. They are not an attempt to disclaim everything imaginable, and they do not exclude or limit any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence or for fraud.
2. What the site provides
The site provides free, general editorial material about digital journalism and media practice. It is a reference: pages describe mechanisms, summarise the general shape of public rules, and set out practices observed in the field. Access requires no account, no payment and no registration, and there is nothing for sale.
The site does not provide a service to you beyond making that material available to read. It does not deliver training, assessment, certification, consultancy, legal advice, data-protection advice, technical support, recruitment assistance or any form of personalised guidance. No relationship of adviser and client, teacher and student, or employer and applicant arises from reading it.
3. No professional advice
Nothing on this site is legal advice, and nothing should be relied on as a substitute for it. Media law, defamation, contempt, privacy, copyright, confidentiality and data-protection duties differ between jurisdictions, depend on facts this site cannot know, and change over time. Descriptions of legal instruments set out the general shape of an obligation and direct you to the current text.
Before you publish anything on the basis of material read here — a disclosure line, a correction policy, a verification claim, a data-handling arrangement — check the current position with a qualified professional in your jurisdiction. The same applies to any checklist reproduced from this site: checklists reduce omissions, they do not transfer responsibility, and they are not a compliance certification.
4. Accuracy and availability
Material is prepared carefully under the method published on this site, but it is provided without any warranty that it is complete, current or fit for a particular purpose. Pages carry a review commitment rather than a guarantee of accuracy at every moment. Subjects covered here change, and a page that was accurate when written may be superseded before its next review.
The site is provided on an “as available” basis. No commitment is given that it will be uninterrupted, error-free or accessible at any particular time. Pages may be amended, replaced or withdrawn, although material is not deleted merely to resolve a complaint, and corrections are made visibly in place.
5. Using the material
You may read, print and quote from this site for personal, educational, editorial and internal professional purposes, with attribution to Newsroom Horizon and a link to the page quoted. Because sections are numbered, a citation can point precisely to the passage relied on, and it is helpful to cite the date you read it.
You may not present the material as your own, republish substantial parts of it wholesale, or use it in a way that suggests this desk has endorsed, approved, certified or verified your work, your organisation or your product. Translations require prior agreement, because a translation that drifts on a legal or verification point can mislead. Requests are handled through the contact page.
6. Your responsibilities
You agree not to use the site in any way that is unlawful, that interferes with its operation or with other readers’ use of it, or that attempts to gain unauthorised access to any part of the infrastructure delivering it. Automated collection is permitted within the limits set out in the site’s robots file and at a rate that does not degrade the service for others.
If you write to the desk, you are responsible for what you send. Please do not send confidential source material, identity documents, personal data about other people, or anything covered by a confidentiality undertaking. This desk operates no secure submission channel and cannot protect such material.
7. Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Newsroom Horizon Ltd is not liable for any loss or damage arising from reliance on material published on this site, including editorial, operational, reputational or legal consequences of decisions taken after reading it. The material is general, is not tailored to any reader, and cannot take account of the circumstances in which it will be applied.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, and nothing affects the statutory rights of a consumer. Where any provision of these terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to apply.
8. External references
This site links only to its own pages. Institutions, instruments, standards and public bodies are named in plain text rather than linked, so that a reader can find the source without any impression being created that the body has associated itself with this material. Where you follow a reference and reach a third-party site, that site is outside this desk’s control and is governed by its own terms.
No mention of any organisation on this site constitutes endorsement by that organisation, membership of it, accreditation by it, or supervision by it. No such relationship exists with any regulator, representative body, university or publisher named anywhere on the site.
9. Governing law and changes
These terms are governed by the laws of Ireland, and the courts of Ireland have jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them, without prejudice to any mandatory protection available to a consumer in their country of residence.
The terms may be amended. The version in force is the one published on this page at the time you use the site, and this page is reviewed on the same cycle as the rest of the material, at least once every twelve months. Substantive changes are described rather than applied silently.
Questions about these terms
Can I use these checklists in my own newsroom?
Yes, with attribution, and adapted to your own situation. A checklist reduces omissions; it is not a compliance certification and does not transfer responsibility.
Do I need permission to quote a page?
No, provided you attribute Newsroom Horizon and link to the page. Translations do require prior agreement, because drift on a legal or verification point can mislead.
Is there any warranty on the accuracy of the material?
No. Pages carry a review commitment rather than a warranty. Subjects covered here change, and any decision with legal consequences should be checked with a qualified professional.