Editorial Standards

Editorial Standards

Sourcing
We monitor a fixed set of named outlets and our authors write original articles based on their reporting — we never copy text. Every article links back to the outlet it was drawn from, in a line at the end of the piece. If a claim can’t be traced back to a source, it doesn’t get published.

How an article gets written
Each incoming story goes through the same sequence of editorial checks before it’s published:

• Credibility screening — Connor Davis checks the raw source item for clickbait phrasing, excessive punctuation, all-caps headlines, and thin/low-substance content. Items that read as opinion dressed up as news score lower and can be rejected outright.

• Drafting — a passing item is written into an original article by Claire Thomson, with categories assigned based on its actual content.

• Fact-check against the source — Ryan Wilson compares the finished draft line-by-line against the original source text, specifically checking for any claim, quote, number, or name that isn’t actually supported by the source. Anything that doesn’t pass is rejected before it ever reaches the site — this happens on a meaningful share of drafts.

• Duplicate check — Connor Davis checks the draft’s headline against everything already published, so the same event covered by two outlets doesn’t produce two posts.

• Sanity checks — Claire Thomson checks length, missing fields, placeholder text, and (for translated content) leftover untranslated text before anything goes live.

Our editorial team — Connor Davis, Claire Thomson, and Ryan Wilson — sets the rules above, monitors what gets published, and can pull, edit, or correct any article after the fact — see Corrections below.

Categorization
“Breaking” is reserved for major, high-impact events — attacks, disasters, resignations, market shocks — not routine news. “World” and “Politics” mean international or government affairs specifically; a cultural, celebrity, or sports story is filed under “Entertainment” instead.

What we don’t do
We don’t invent quotes, statistics, or events that aren’t in the source material.
We don’t present another outlet’s reporting as our own.
We don’t run advertising or sponsored content at this time — if that changes, it will be clearly labelled.

See our Corrections page for how we handle and disclose mistakes.