Original reporting and explanation
Our work should help readers make sense of a place or a practical decision. We use primary sources where possible, identify material uncertainty and avoid rewriting a source’s promotional claims as our own conclusions. Source links support the claims next to them.
Geography and local facts
We distinguish legal jurisdictions from Census areas, postal names and editorial groupings. Address-specific questions about schools, public services, zoning or access belong with the responsible official source. We avoid claims that a community name guarantees a particular service or assignment.
Changing information
Schedules, fees, availability, officeholders and event details can change. Stories should carry a review date and a maintenance owner. Dated events require an end date and an archive process. We do not present an old source check as a current one.
Commercial relationships
Advertising, sponsorship and paid profiles must be clearly identified. Payment cannot determine independent rankings, civic facts or editorial conclusions. Contributors must disclose material relationships relevant to their subject.
Corrections
A correction report should identify the page, the disputed detail and supporting evidence. Material corrections should be reviewed and recorded, with a visible note when the change affects the meaning of the story.
Images and credit
A publicly accessible image is not automatically licensed for reuse. Before publication, every selected image needs a documented right to use it, any required credit and alternative text that describes the actual image.
Photographs across a page
Use a different editorial photograph for the hero, story cards and related reading on the same page; another crop of the same original still counts as a duplicate. Show the named creator when supplied and retain the underlying provider, source and license information. Label illustrative or archival images when that context matters.Report a correctionA monitored correction route is being finalized. Until it opens, keep the page URL and supporting source ready; urgent safety or service questions belong with the responsible official agency.