ITN

Overall Score Corrections Ownership Staff Policies Reporting Policies Interactivity 0.8

Ranking: Not Acceptable (tied with Al Jazeera English). Details of Findings: There is no corrections page and even doing a search on the web site does not bring up corrections. The owner information can be found easily.  It is listed somewhere on the home page (top or bottom), within 1-2 clicks.  Information about the owner is also linked to easily, within 1-2 clicks. No code of ethics or information on conflicts of interest. There is no information provided through the web site or outside web sites. There is a vague statement about style of reporting. No News Values anywhere on the web site or on the Google search were available. Even prolonged searches on search engines like Google returned no relevant results and instead returned stories with the phrase “News Values” in them instead of actual News Values. The outlet did not have an ombudsman. There is no link for letters to the editor. The outlet does not list any specific email addresses of reporters. No blogs were available on the Web site. No live chats were available. No information about the ability comment on the story was available. (Mike Wish & Graham Fitts)

About ITN

Circulation/Audience • Not Available (2006)
Online Access • No log-in needed.
Parent Company • ITV http://www.itv.com/
Other Relevant Ownership and Interests • Not applicable
Parent Company Revenue • £364 million