Based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Balistrad is an independent media platform that produces web content in French (primarily) and Haitian Creole. Their content is available in the form of publications, including texts, photos, audios, and videos, on their website and social media accounts. These publications are accessible to the entire online community.

Balistrad sees its mission as informing and educating, focusing on values such as democracy, individual and collective liberties, social rights, sustainable development, good governance, environmental respect, and heritage preservation. They strive to promote and defend these values in each of their publications, while also denouncing any violations. More than just an online journal, Balistrad aims to contribute to the construction of a strong and confident Haitian society and an enlightened youth.

They provide visitors and readers with reliable, original, interesting, and useful content. Balistrad is a fresh proposition, an additional hand in the reformation of a worn-out Haitian society. They remain unbiased, denouncing abuses, injustice, corruption, and promoting positive actions.

Their news analyses and comments are objective and well-grounded, with verified information. Balistrad demands respect for privacy, tolerance, impartiality, and opposes all forms of journalistic propaganda