Editorial standards
These are the rules this newsroom operates under. They are permanent site policy — every story, headline, image, and interactive tool is held to them before it publishes.
How stories are selected
A story earns a slot when three things line up: readers are actively searching for it, something genuinely new has happened, and we can add context or a useful tool that a one-paragraph aggregation cannot. We do not publish because a topic is trending; we publish when we can answer the question behind the trend and help the reader act on it. Thin rewrites, keyword-variation filler, and stories we cannot responsibly source are rejected at the pitch stage.
How sources are evaluated
Every story is built on the strongest available primary source: official statements, government records, court documents, company announcements, financial filings, league announcements, full interviews, verified public posts, or original data. Important facts are confirmed against at least one additional reliable source before publication. Secondary reporting may be cited and summarized with attribution — never copied, never lightly paraphrased. Every source used is recorded in the article’s metadata and listed at the bottom of the story.
How AI-assisted research and drafting are handled
DWC News uses AI tooling for research assistance, drafting, and the interactive utilities that accompany stories. AI assistance never lowers the bar: names, dates, numbers, titles, locations, quotations, and timelines are verified against the recorded sources immediately before publication, and anything that cannot be verified does not run. AI systems are never used to invent quotations, witnesses, sources, or images presented as documentary evidence. All calculators and checkers use deterministic code, not model output, for their results.
How facts are checked
Before a story is published, every load-bearing fact is traced to a recorded source. Confirmed facts are stated plainly; allegations and speculation are labeled as such and attributed precisely to whoever made them. Where facts remain unknown or disputed, the story says so instead of smoothing over the gap.
How headlines are written
A headline may not claim more than the evidence in the story supports. No invented urgency, no “breaking” labels applied automatically or retroactively, no publication dates changed to make old stories look new. If the story is an explainer or analysis, the headline reads like one.
How developing stories are updated
Developing stories are labeled. Substantive changes are recorded in a visible update log with a timestamp and a note describing what changed; the modified time updates while the original publication time stays put. When several stories cover one event, they are linked into a single “full coverage” cluster rather than left to compete with each other.
How conflicts of interest are handled
DWC News is owned by David Weaver, who also sells SEO and web development services through DavidWeaver.codes. That relationship is disclosed on the about page, on author pages, and in the site footer. The newsroom does not cover its own clients, and stories touching the SEO or web-services industry carry the disclosure inline. No coverage is sold, traded, or slanted to benefit the business.
How corrections are made
When we get a fact wrong, the article is corrected, a correction notice is added to the story with a timestamp, what changed, and — when it aids transparency — the previous inaccurate wording. All corrections are also listed on the public corrections page. Request a correction by emailing hello@davidweaver.codes with the article link.
Reporting, analysis, and opinion
Reporting states verified facts with sources. Analysis interprets facts and is labeled in the story when interpretation goes beyond the record. Opinion — a position argued by the author — is not currently published on DWC News; if that changes, opinion pieces will be labeled unmistakably.
Images and media
Every image carries a visible credit and a recorded license. We use owned images, original graphics, properly licensed stock, public-domain material, correctly attributed Wikimedia Commons images, and press-kit media whose terms permit editorial use. We never republish another publisher’s photography, and an AI-generated illustration is always labeled as an illustration — never presented as documentary evidence of an event.