Sources, verification, and corrections.

Noteworthy News publishes editorial material alongside automated summaries of agency information. Understanding how an item was produced helps a reader assess what has been checked and what the source establishes.

The source behind a claim

Our editorial standard is to trace factual claims to the documents, data, reporting, or firsthand accounts that support them. Attribution should identify the source precisely enough for readers to understand its connection to the event.

An official statement establishes what an agency has said. Further evidence may be needed to establish the underlying event, its cause, or its consequences. Several articles repeating the same statement provide additional distribution of that account; they do not necessarily provide independent corroboration.

For photographs and video, verification can include locating an earlier version, identifying the original publisher, and examining evidence of the date and location. A claim that a particular image has been verified should be supported by the checks actually completed.

Automated agency updates

Automated summaries can appear without individual human review before publication. Attribution identifies the originating agency; it does not establish that Noteworthy independently verified each statement in the summary.

Agency records can change, and automated summaries can make mistakes. The originating record, its date, and any relevant revision are important parts of the information. Our standard is to identify automated material clearly and keep its source accessible.

Noteworthy News remains responsible for the material it publishes, including automated summaries. An unsupported statement in a summary requires a correction even when the original source is reputable.

Dates and revisions

An event’s time, the source’s update time, and an article’s publication time describe different things. Readers should be able to tell whether they are viewing a new event, a later assessment of an earlier event, or an older item in the archive.

A later development can change the account without making the earlier version inaccurate. A correction addresses something the publication got wrong. Our standard is to identify substantive corrections visibly and explain the information being corrected.

Raising a concern

Send the article link, the specific claim you are questioning, and any supporting material to richard@noteworthynews.co, or use the contact form. The corrections register records published corrections.