Policies and Guidelines

PRIVACY POLICY   

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Women Make News will not share your personal information with any third party and will take reasonable steps to ensure that all personal information provided to its website is kept secure and confidential. By registering at Women Make News, the user gives the website permission to contact her at the email address provided regarding administrative communication between the registered user and the website.  A registered user is also giving other users of Women Make News default permission to contact her regarding comments, discussion of articles. Users can opt out of receiving email notifications when other users send them messages on the site by logging in and editing their account information.  Users should realize that any information provided to other users (either through articles, comments or email) is provided at the user’s own risk.  

Women Make News may contain links to other websites and we have no control over the privacy practices of other sites to which we provide links. 

Terms and Conditions  

Based on the principles of participatory journalism, Women Make News is dedicated to letting the community direct and create the content of the site.  Its success depends on the community respecting certain rules and guidelines.   All users submitting content to the site agree to adhere to the following terms and conditions:   

Make it your own – all content submitted to the site should belong only to you and be your original work.  

Share nicely - Do not post information or content created by others, however, you may submit a link to direct users to the information.  

Tell the truth  - That goes without saying, but be sure to attribute any and all facts that you cite (quotes, publications, etc)  

Let others help you -  When submitting any content to the site, you are agreeing to the possible editing of your work for grammar, spelling and length.  In the event that additional editing is required, you will be contacted for permission.  

Keep it clean – No posting of pornographic material, hate speech or obscenity.   

No soliciting – Women Make News is designed to share information, not sell.  However, press releases and announcements can be submitted for possible inclusion to the Women Want Info section and are subject to editing. 

Be polite, please – Women Make News strives to achieve an atmosphere where women share knowledge.  It is important to maintain a civil and respectful atmosphere in comments and articles. That means no harassment, personal attacks, stalking, contacting people who ask not to be  contacted, etc.  Report inappropriate comments to editor@womenmakenews.com  

COPYRIGHT 

The copyright of materials submitted by contributors to Women Make News, is owned by the contributor. When submitting any content, you represent and warrant you own or have all necessary rights, including, but not limited to copyright, to the content you provide and the rights to use it.  You also warrant that all information you provide is true, accurate, current and complete and that the content you submit will not cause injury to any person or entity. Women Make News retains the right to copy, modify, display, archive, store, distribute, reproduce or create derivative works from such information in any form of media, software or technology.   

DISCLAIMERS  Any user submitting materials (articles, comments, emails, graphics, images, etc) remains solely responsible for its content and does so at her own risk. Contributors to WomenMakeNews.com are responsible for all legal consequences arising from their comments, including libel, infringement of copyright or actions that threaten a third party. By submitting a comment or content, you agree to indemnify WomenMakeNews.com from any legal action arising from any material you submit. WomenMakeNews.com retains the right to refuse publication of materials or comments. The site also reserves the right to suspend any user whose words or actions inflict harm on the site or its community.  The user waives any right of legal recourse. WomenMakeNews.com will not be held responsible for anything written on comment forums.  

 PARTICIPATING IN JOURNALISM 

At Women Make News, you the reader participate in the journalism.  We welcome blog posts and editorials from all women.  Of course, it’s impossible to pass on all the secrets of journalism, but here are some basic principles for citizen or participatory journalism.  

GET IT RIGHT – Strive for accuracy in anything you write.  Get the facts and then cite them.  If in doubt, don’t write it down. 

DO YOUR HOMEWORK – When addressing an issue or question, try to be as thorough as possible.  Do some work, then do a little more. Interview a few different people. 

BE FAIR – Try to present both sides of an argument, even if you disagree 

BE CLEAR – If you have any affiliation to something about which you are posting, please disclose it.