Instituto Nexo de Jornalismo
São Paulo, Brazil • Founded in 2015
Nexo is a Brazilian digital news outlet founded in 2015. It is known for its in-depth analysis of current events and its commitment to fact-based journalism.
Nexo is intent on publishing in depth news and analysis with context, prioritizing the presentation of data and statistics and covering a diversity of topics in a balanced way.Focused on broad and thought-provoking content, it aims to emphasize rigor and information quality.
According to Nexo, its main motivation is to produce journalism that contributes to a qualified and plural public debate, and that is capable of strengthening Brazilian democracy.
Nexo Jornal focuses on public interest affairs in Brazil, such as politics, economy, history and societal issues.
Nexo seeks to present accurate and clear information regarding the topics it deals with, from qualified sources.
It has policies to correct any errors quickly and transparently. When an information error is pointed out, either internally by the editorial team or through observations from readers, the editors responsible for the content recheck the data. Once the error has been identified, the content is corrected and is accompanied by a note titled IT WAS WRONG, which highlights the corrected information and when it was corrected.
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.
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.