Belfast Live

Journalists of Reach PLC publications are expected to abide by the Independent Press Standards Organization's Editors’ Code of Practice. The editorial staff is trained in the code, which includes standards on how to remain accurate, respect privacy and avoid harassment, intimidation, discrimination and improper intrusion. The code also includes guidelines on the proper way to report on children, crime, and victims of sexual assault. 

Belfast Live's ethics are in accordance with the Editor's Code of Practice, which is enforced by the Independent Press Standards Organization (ISPO). The staff is given seminars and bulletins in order to make quick and difficult judgments in order to maintain high editorial standards. 

Belfast Live is a part of the Reach plc Group. The Reach plc Group is Britain's largest newspaper, magazine and digital publisher. 

Reach PLC publications commit to attracting and recruiting people who are best suited to meet the standards for the publication without regard to race, creed, color, nationality (subject to legal eligibility), ethnic origin, religion, gender, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, connections with a national minority, membership or non-membership of a trade union or, unless justifiable, disability.

Belfast Live strives to recruit people who are best suited to meet the company's standards without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation and disability.

Once reports of an inaccuracy are verified by the editorial team, the correction will be made online immediately and it will be noted in the story and on the website's correction/clarifications page. 

Belfast Live's policy allows users to contact the editorial team if a story has inaccurate information. Once the correction is verified, it will correct the story on the website and the corrections and clarifications page. 

The company's policy states that its publications will protect the identity of their sources, but establish the reliability of the source and that the material they've provided has been properly obtained. When unnamed sources are used, it is up to the publication's staff to determine whether anonymity will be granted. 

Belfast Live's policy states that journalists protect their sources under the ISPO's Editors' Code of Practice, as well as using sources that are appropriately obtained and reliable.