Media Accreditation & Web Readiness

A transparency page describing the readiness standards we build toward; it is not a claim that HANZALA holds government accreditation.

Canada does not have one permanent federal accreditation for every news outlet. Government bodies use event- or institution-specific accreditation processes. Global Affairs Canada says qualifying media organizations produce original general-interest current-events journalism using journalistic processes and ethics; its organization pathway also states that an outlet regularly employs two or more journalists working at arm’s length from the organization. Specific event notices may also allow independent journalists to demonstrate recent bylined publications.

HANZALA publishes its publisher identity, location, journalists, editorial policies, corrections, complaints channels, independence and transparency information, and does not present professional memberships or press cards as government accreditation.

For Google Search and Google News readiness, we use permanent crawlable article URLs, clear dates and bylines, NewsArticle structured data, canonical and hreflang annotations, XML and News sitemaps, clear robots rules, and original, helpful, transparent journalism.

The site uses responsive design and keeps primary content equivalent on mobile and desktop, with layouts designed for small screens and mobile-first indexing.