Our standards

How we work

Our standards are designed so you never have to take our word for anything.

1. Every fact has a source. We prefer original documents: laws, court rulings, official data, filings, recordings. We link them.

1. Two sources or a document. A claim not backed by a primary document needs two independent sources.

1. Evidence labels. Disputed points are marked as documented, claimed by [who], or disputed, so you can see how solid each point is.

1. Neutral words. We avoid words that judge: no "shocking", "slammed" or "so-called". People "said", "wrote" or "voted".

1. Everyone in their own words. Anyone we name critically is asked to respond before we publish, and we say whether they did.

1. Numbers in context. Every figure comes with its source, date and comparison.

1. What we know, and what we don't. Longer articles end by saying both.

1. Anonymous sources, rarely. Only when the information is vital, can't be had any other way, and our editor knows who the source is.

1. Open corrections. If we get something wrong, we fix it visibly and say so.

1. We track our own balance. We log which countries, parties and viewpoints each story covers, and publish a summary every quarter.

These rules come from our Editorial Code, which every person producing content for GreenRose follows.