Editorial standards

Credibility is our only durable asset. These are the rules every ProvenBrief story passes through before publication — no exceptions, no deadline pressure overrides.

Sourcing & verification

• Every factual claim is verified against a primary source — the paper, the filing, the code, the transcript — not coverage of it.
• Claims that cannot be verified are removed, never softened. Each published story carries a verification record stating how many claims were checked and how many were cut.
• Quotes are verbatim from the original source or they don't run.
• All references are linked and numbered in the story so readers can check our work.

Originality

• We never republish or lightly rewrite another outlet's reporting. Every story is an original synthesis across multiple sources with our own analysis.
• Analysis is clearly separable from fact: what happened is sourced; what it means is argued.

Independence & disclosure

• Sponsored or affiliate content, when it exists, is always explicitly labeled.
• Nobody can buy coverage, kill a story, or edit a conclusion.

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we correct it visibly and promptly, and the correction is noted on the story. Spotted an error? Tell us — critics who catch real mistakes get our thanks, not our defensiveness.

How ProvenBrief is produced

ProvenBrief operates a highly automated newsroom: story discovery, drafting, fact-checking and production are performed by advanced editorial automation built and overseen by our team, and every story must pass an independent standards review before publication. Human oversight governs the system's editorial policies, and this page is part of that governance. We hold our automation to the same standards a traditional newsroom holds its journalists — stricter, in fact, because every step of our process is logged and auditable.