ABOUT THE MAIL OF HISTORY
The Correio da História stands out for its positivity, demand and quality, with an emphasis on cultural information.
We are a family owned and operated business.
It is a 12-page paper-based publication that also makes daily online publications.
Because modern journalism requires more than a simple description of the facts or the transcription of statements and press releases, also implying a critical capacity and the obligation to be useful to readers, “Correio da História” does not practice biased or factional journalism. , but informs and sensitively seeks to bring to its pages human cases reported with dignity and elegance from the past, present and future, giving the floor to the citizens of Guimarães - from the illustrious chronicler to the anonymous hero.
We reject an anodyne journalism and intend to implant a demanding editorial culture that is attentive to innovation, so as not to disappoint the most critical readers, always with a very strong sense of social and cultural responsibility, upon which the sacred principles of press freedom are built.
In no case will the accuracy of the information be sacrificed in the face of other criteria, in an editorial conception that corresponds to a double requirement, of quality and diversity, with different areas of information and programming times.
In view of the channel's cultural trend, the news component will address relevant incidents and investigations from the past, but inevitably focus on the future, keeping the publication as current as possible, from an informative point of view.
The human factor is essential for us in information that we want to live and that is not limited to a discolored repository of events and situations. Nevertheless, the accessory details that intervene in the humanized description of a fact must not lose sight of the essential.
The power of journalism has effective legitimacy only if it is not to be confused with any other, being certain that journalistic work, like artistic or scientific work, constitutes an end in itself. The “Correio da História” is not the messenger of an instrumental truth with political, social, economic or cultural objectives. Respecting the golden rules of technique and deontology, the greater your credibility with the readers and fellow citizens you serve, and with whom you assume your primary commitment.
EDITORIAL STATUS OF THE MAIL OF HISTORY
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I. Therefore, “Correio da História” defends freedom of expression and freedom to inform, distancing itself from any form of censorship or pressure, with the sole purpose of providing public service, serving readers in a way that useful in making day-to-day decisions and favoring their contact with the region and its entities. “Correio da História” is a newspaper with convictions, however independent of the autonomous power that supports it, showing the same spirit of independence in relation to hypothetical advertisers. It is, first of all, with the readers that the “Correio da HIstória” makes a commitment.
We are a family owned and operated business.
II. “Correio da História” is a newspaper with a regional vocation and, in spaces, it conceliates. In this perspective, it will privilege the dissemination of the values - historical, artistic, sporting, literary and scientific - of the municipality of Guimarães and also, when justified, of the region's municipality. The “Correio da História” will promote the development of all the productive activities of the parish and, given its responsibility in local life, will support or encourage initiatives aimed at discussing and deepening, in a democratic perspective, local problems and municipalities. In short, “Correio da História” invests in diversified information at the local level, covering the most varied fields of activity and corresponding to the motivations and interests of a plural audience that wants to be as involved as possible in the editorial project.
We are a family owned and operated business.
III. “Correio da História” understands that publications of an informative nature must be independent, as this is the only way they fulfill their essential function before society. In this light, informative publications are not instruments or means at the service of certain objectives, however praiseworthy they may be, but autonomous institutions through which citizens can, in freedom and pluralism, seek the clarification they need for the exercise of their duties. options.
We are a family owned and operated business.
IV. The “Correio da História” considers, however, that certain causes common to citizenship, such as the defense of fundamental freedoms and democracy; a healthy environment that does not put future generations at risk; language and historical heritage; of peace; the encouragement of civil society participation in solving community problems must be disseminated and sustained, without prejudice to pluralism of opinion and to give a voice to all currents, never renouncing critical capacity.
We are a family owned and operated business.
V. The “Correio da História” has and will keep in mind the limits imposed by professional ethics and the Journalists' Code of Ethics, being governed by strict and impartial journalistic criteria, respecting all opinions and beliefs.
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SAW. The “Correio da História” clearly distinguishes the news - which must be objective, limited to the narration, the relationship and the analysis of the facts for which the different parties must be heard - and the opinions, or chronicles, which must be signed by those who defend them, clearly identifiable. The “Correio da História” takes a position through signed editorials that link the position of the newspaper.
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VII. “Correio da História” knows that the selection of the material to be published, its placement on the pages, the columning of the respective titles, the illustration with photographs, infographics or cartoons must obey insertion criteria based on the relevance of the texts and not on the convictions ideological or particular interests of those who write, choose or page them.
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VIII. The “Correio da História” also knows that, in exceptional cases, there are news that deserved to be published prominently, but that should not be mentioned, not by censorship, but because their disclosure would eventually be harmful to local interest and maintenance fruitful relations between institutions. The newspaper reserves the right to define, on a case-by-case basis, the application of this criterion.
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IX. The “Correio da História” refuses, therefore, to feed any kind of sensationalism that endangers quality journalism. Above all, it respects its readers and is aware that they accept and excuse any mistakes made, but they would not forgive if, deliberately, by action or by omission, they deceived or abused their good faith.
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X. “Correio da História” considers that an informed, transparent and participative society is a sine qua non condition for individual and collective development; economic and intellectual.