Strong opinions.
Visible standards.
How we report, verify, research, correct, use automation and keep commercial relationships separate from editorial judgment.
Trust should be inspectable.
Each policy explains both the principle and the operating practice behind it—so readers, sources and partners can hold us to what we publish.
Editorial standards
Sourcing, verification, attribution, fairness, conflicts and the line between news and analysis.
→02 · EvidenceResearch methodology
Samples, fieldwork, weighting, limitations, sponsor safeguards and reproducible findings.
→03 · AccountabilityCorrections log
A permanent public record of material corrections and clarifications across the TalkAbout network.
→04 · TechnologyAI-use policy
Where automation assists our work, what it may never do alone and who remains accountable.
→05 · CommercialAdvertising & sponsorship
Labelling, data-sharing consent, research independence and the commercial firewall.
→06 · AudiencePrivacy & data
What we collect, why we use it and the choices every reader controls.
→What happens when the standard gets difficult?
That is when it matters. These are the rules designed to hold when speed, access, commercial value or technology creates pressure.
- 01Publish the sourceReaders should be able to distinguish evidence, assertion, analysis and inference.
- 02Label the relationshipCommercial support and material conflicts are made visible at the point they matter.
- 03Correct the recordMaterial errors are fixed prominently and retained in the public corrections log.
- 04Name the accountable humanAutomation can assist detection and organisation. It cannot absorb editorial responsibility.
Challenge our work.
Report an error, question a method or ask how a commercial relationship was handled.