Accuracy
Headlines, summaries, dates, names, quotations and material claims should be checked against the best available evidence before publication.
Editorial Standards
Accuracy before speed.
These standards describe the principles BritainPost aims to apply when discovering, preparing, publishing and correcting journalism.
The BritainPost Promise
BritainPost is building the next generation of intelligent journalism—bringing together experienced editorial judgement, responsible artificial intelligence and transparent reporting to help readers understand the stories shaping Britain and the world.
Standards that guide every editorial decision.
Credible journalism depends on consistent behaviour—not simply good intentions.
Fairness
Reporting should represent relevant context and avoid distorting a story through selective facts, misleading emphasis or unsupported implication.
Independence
Editorial decisions should not be improperly directed by advertisers, commercial partners, political interests or outside pressure.
Attribution
Information, reporting and licensed material should be attributed when required and presented in a way that does not mislead readers about its origin.
Corrections
Material errors should be corrected promptly and transparently. Significant changes should not be hidden merely because they are inconvenient.
Accountability
BritainPost should be able to explain the editorial basis for its work and provide readers with appropriate channels for concerns or corrections.
Responsible assistance, visible accountability.
AI can support newsroom processes, but responsibility for BritainPost’s published journalism cannot be delegated to a machine.
AI should support—not replace—editorial judgement.
Automated outputs require appropriate controls, review and validation before they influence publication.
AI-generated claims must not be treated as sources.
Source material and verifiable evidence remain the basis for factual reporting.
Sensitive subjects require stronger safeguards.
High-risk categories may be held for human review, regardless of automated confidence.
Reader-facing AI should distinguish reporting from inference.
Nia should ground answers in BritainPost material where available and avoid presenting unsupported conclusions as newsroom reporting.
When we are wrong, we should correct the record.
Corrections are a normal part of accountable journalism and should strengthen—not weaken—reader trust.
Material errors
Incorrect facts, misleading descriptions, attribution errors and significant omissions should be reviewed and corrected proportionately.
Developing stories
Updates caused by new facts are different from corrections. Articles should make that distinction clear where it materially affects understanding.
Why readers trust BritainPost
Our newsroom is designed around editorial responsibility, transparency and technology that serves readers.
Human editorial oversight
Editorial responsibility remains with people, including review of sensitive and high-risk reporting.
Responsible AI assistance
Technology supports research, organisation and reader understanding without replacing editorial judgement.
Transparent reporting
We aim to make sourcing, attribution and the basis of our reporting clear to readers.
Responsible corrections
Material errors should be corrected clearly, promptly and with appropriate accountability.
Licensed editorial media
Images and media are selected through governed licensing, attribution and quality controls.
Privacy-first experience
Reader features should be useful, respectful and designed with proportionate data collection.
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