Grupo RBS

GZH

Porto Alegre, Brazil • Founded in 2018 • Trust Project news partner since May 2019

GZH, acronym for Gaúcha-Zero Hora, is a digital news platform based in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The brand results from the merger of Gaúcha Radio and daily newspaper Zero Hora. "Gaúcha" refers to the native people of Rio Grande do Sul as well as to individuals of pastoral regions in Argentina and Uruguay.

Marta Gleich – Director of Journalism and Sports
Rodrigo Müzell – Digital Journalism Manager
Pedro Moreira – Chief Editor

Best Practices Policies

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Mission

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Ethics

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Ownership & Funding

GZH is owned by RBS Group, the leading media conglomerate in Southern Brazil. RBS produces news and entertainment content.

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Diverse Voices

GZH aims to value the plurality of opinions and respect for diversity of race, gender, class and religion. It pledges to reflect these differences, both in the newsroom and in its news coverage.

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Corrections

GZH wows to be transparent and highlight any corrections in its news content whenever an error impacts information accuracy. It pledges to correct errors as soon as they are detected.

It commits to amend news content, informing what was corrected at the top of the page, also indicating what has been is corrected and when the wrong information was published.

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Unnamed Sources

GZH has policies to encourage sources to identify themselves in news stories, avoiding using unnamed sources as much as possible. it pledges to resort to anonymous sources only if they have information that is critical to the news story, if circumstances could jeopardize them and if they are considered reliable. GZH also pledges not to publish opinions coming from unnamed sources.

If an agreement is made granting source confidentiality, GZH is committed to preserve their identity. GZH says it does not accept agreements to maintain confidentiality agreements that could put lives at risk or encourage illegal activities.

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The Trust Project

The Trust Project is an international consortium of news organizations building standards of transparency and working with technology platforms to affirm and amplify journalism’s commitment to transparency, accuracy, inclusion and fairness so that the public can make informed news choices. It was founded and is led by award-winning journalist Sally Lehrman.

Our Funders

Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist, was our original funder, through the Trustworthy Journalism Initiative of Craig Newmark Philanthropies. Google followed with their financial support. Our funders also have included Democracy Fund, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Facebook. Funders. Trust Project policies and the Trust Indicators are shaped and enforced independently from our funding sources.