EDITORIAL POLICY
Leave the reader
without a bad feeling.
The rule we return to when choosing a story.
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We actively seek
- Local events and seasonal traditions
- Libraries, schools and parks
- Animals, farming and food
- Shops and resident-led activity
- Customs and small oddities unique to a town
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We generally avoid
- War, terrorism and serious crime
- Political conflict, elections and outrage
- Stories that inflame discrimination or religious conflict
- Tragedy, illness or death presented for forced emotion
- Corporate promotion republished as news
HOW IT WORKS
From source to publication
- 01Collect reporting from local media
- 02Apply exclusions and editorial criteria
- 03Check the original and extract facts
- 04Write a short independent story
- 05Check sources and image rights