Editorial statute and masthead

Editorial statute

1. What it is. Veramundi is a free online news periodical, updated continuously, covering politics, defence and the economy in the world, Portugal, Brazil and the United States. It collects the headlines published by newspapers in several countries and shows them grouped by story, always with a link to the original article. It adds its own content: summaries and «Balanced view» written with the help of AI, polls and election results, reference pages and the «Analysis» of what commentators say and the Opinion column, with signed pieces by students and guests that do not bind Veramundi. It publishes in Portuguese and English.
2. Orientation and aims. Veramundi sets out to show how the press in several countries tells the same story, where it agrees and where it differs, so that each reader can compare and make up their own mind. It takes no side, backs no candidates or causes and publishes no opinion of its own. It publishes opinion pieces signed by outside contributors, clearly labelled as such, which do not bind Veramundi.
3. Ethical commitment. Veramundi undertakes to respect the ethical principles and professional ethics of journalists, namely the Portuguese Journalists' Code of Ethics, as well as the good faith of its readers.
4. Editorship. The director guides and answers for the content of the publication. For now there are no journalists on the team: the director runs the news section as a person treated as a journalist (equiparado a jornalista).
5. Independence. Veramundi depends on no political, economic or religious power, has no advertising or sponsorship and is funded by its owner.
6. Pluralism. Sources are chosen under public rules, with newspapers of different leanings. In countries without an independent press, the voice of the state only appears labelled as such and is left out of the political map and the tone measurement. All covered regions are shown, including quiet periods, and gaps in sources are stated.
7. Fixed rules. Story grouping, order, topics and «Breaking» follow fixed, public rules, with no case-by-case choices; for headlines from Portuguese and Brazilian newspapers, an AI model that only classifies gives a second opinion on what is sport or celebrity news (Method). What is done by hand, such as images, reference pages and election results, is the director's responsibility and always carries its source.
8. Reference pages. Besides the headlines, Veramundi has lists prepared by the director, public and dated, with the source of each line: the make-up and careers of governments, leaders' positions on defence, the party spectrum and the commentators followed in «Analysis». They are not opinions of Veramundi, and nobody is labelled.
9. News and opinion. «Analysis» summarises what commentators said, with a link to each piece: these are the opinions of those who hold them, always kept apart from the news and never presented as Veramundi's position.
10. AI-generated texts. Summaries are written by a language model only from the headlines and the sources cited, with a source for every sentence, labelled as AI-generated, under public rules (Accuracy and corrections). AI-generated illustrations are always labelled as such and never presented as photographs.
11. Open measurement. News tone is measured with a public statistical method, defined and sealed before collection and preserved with a DOI (Method). No language model enters the measured number.
12. Newspapers' rights. Only the headline and the link are shown, never the article text. A newspaper may ask for its headlines to stop appearing.
13. Accuracy, corrections and right of reply. Errors are corrected and corrections are recorded with a date, for everyone to see. Veramundi guarantees the right of reply and of correction under the Portuguese Press Law.
14. Readers. Veramundi respects visitors' privacy (About and privacy) and answers anyone who writes to info@veramundi.com.

Masthead

Title

Veramundi

Address

veramundi.com

Nature

Online news periodical

Owner

Pedro Cardoso

Director

Pedro Cardoso

Publisher

Pedro Cardoso

Contact

info@veramundi.com

Updates

Continuous

ERC registration

In preparation (ERC is the Portuguese media regulator)

Hosting

Cloudflare