Editorial Standards & Corrections

Morning Glance was created to help busy, curious readers stay informed without any spin, without fillers, and without asking for more of your time than necessary.

This page lays out the Morning Glance editorial standards including how we choose, verify, write, and correct our journalism, along with our corrections policy. We have also mentioned our approach to Morning Glance fact-checking, so you know exactly what to expect from us every time you open an issue.

1. Our Mission and Audience

We write for readers whose schedules are tight but whose curiosity isn't. Many important pieces take far longer to read than they need to. These dedicated readers usually find themselves opening multiple articles before they have a complete understanding of what actually happened. Morning Glance was created to provide that clarity in one place with the facts, context, and key developments without unnecessary length.

2. Editorial Independence

Our editorial decisions are made independently. Advertisers, sponsors, and outside organizations have no influence over what we cover or how we cover it, and no partner relationship ever determines what makes it into an issue. If we ever run sponsored content, it's clearly labeled and kept separate from our reporting, and it does not reflect our editorial team's judgment or views.

3. Story Selection and Newsworthiness

We prioritize stories that are genuinely important to our readers' lives, work, and understanding of the world, across AI & automation, business & finance, the US economy, science & technology, health & medicine, entertainment, and international affairs.

A piece earns a place in Morning Glance only when it clears one of a few bars like - it changes something readers need to plan around, it reveals a pattern the wider news cycle hasn't connected yet, or it corrects a widely repeated misconception.

We deliberately pass on stories that are already thoroughly covered everywhere else unless we can bring - a different angle, a primary-source detail, a data point, or context that adds real understanding rather than repeating what's already out there.

4. Our Sourcing Hierarchy

Not all sources carry equal weight, and we treat them accordingly, roughly in this order of preference.

1. Primary sources first: Government data, regulatory filings, company earnings reports, official statements, and original research sit at the top of our sourcing hierarchy. Wherever possible, we go straight to these rather than relying on some unsure sources.

2. Established reporting second: When we can't access a primary source directly, we lean on reporting from outlets with a demonstrated record of accuracy and independent verification.

3. Everything else, with caution: Social commentary, unverified claims, and secondhand aggregation are treated as leads worth checking, never as facts worth publishing on their own.

5. Verification and Fact-Checking

Before anything goes live, we run it through a consistent Morning Glance fact-checking process.

• Quotes: checked against the original statement or transcript, never rephrased in a way that changes meaning.
• Names and titles: verified against an official or primary source, not assumed from a prior article.
• Dates: cross-checked against the original announcement, filing, or event, since a wrong date can quietly turn an accurate piece into a misleading one.
• Numbers and figures: verified against the original data release or filing, not carried over from a secondary summary that may have rounded, misread, or miscalculated.
• Product and company status: confirmed as current at time of publication, since claims about pricing, availability, or company standing can shift quickly and go stale fast.

6. Anonymous Sources

We prefer on-the-record sourcing wherever it's possible to get it. When anonymity is significantly necessary, for instance to protect someone from real professional or personal risk, we apply a high threshold before granting it. Additionally, we explain to readers (where possible) why a source's identity is being withheld rather than asking for blind trust.

7. Headlines, Images, and Attribution

Our headlines are written to accurately reflect the story underneath them, not to mislead, overstate, or bait a click that the story doesn't back up. Images and other visual elements are chosen to represent the story honestly rather than for shock value, and we credit and attribute every source clearly, so you can always trace a claim back to where it came from.

8. Updates and Our Corrections Process

News develops quickly, and new information can change the understanding of a story. On the rare occasions we publish an error, we correct it promptly and explain the update with complete transparency. The clearance is below:

1. Updates: When a story develops after publication, we update it and note that an update was made.

2. Corrections: When we get something wrong, we fix it and add a visible correction note directly on the piece, describing what changed and when.

3. How to flag something: If you spot an error, you can report it to us directly through our correction-request channel on our Contact Page, and we'll review it promptly. We take every correction request seriously, whether it comes from a reader, a source, or our own follow-up reporting.

9. Our Use of AI

AI tools may assist us with research, drafting, and formatting, helping us work efficiently and cover more ground for our readers.

1. What AI may help with: Research support, first-draft structuring, and formatting.

2. What AI never does: Fabricate facts, quotes, sources, statistics, or events. AI-assisted content is checked against the same sourcing and verification standards as anything else we publish with no exceptions.

3. Who's accountable: Every piece of AI-assisted content is reviewed by a human editor before publication, and final editorial judgment always rests with a person.

10. Human Accountability and Final Approval

Every story published on Morning Glance is reviewed and approved by our editorial team before it goes live. Responsibility for what we publish rests with us, not with any tool, source, or process involved in producing it. If something is wrong, that responsibility is ours to own and fix.

11. Conflicts, Disclosures, and Outside Activity

Our team discloses relevant conflicts of interest, including gifts, investments, outside work, political activity, and any affiliation that could reasonably influence our coverage. Where we cover a topic connected to one of these, we aim to be upfront about it with readers rather than letting it go unmentioned. Reporters and editors are expected to avoid situations where a personal interest could reasonably be seen as shaping a story's outcome.

12. Sponsored, Affiliate, and Partner Content

Any sponsored content, affiliate link, advertiser relationship, or paid partnership is clearly labeled as such and kept fully separate from our editorial reporting, consistent with our Terms of Use. Commercial relationships never determine editorial coverage, and our reporting team operates independently of our advertising and partnership relationships.

13. Plagiarism and Copyright

All content published on Morning Glance is original or properly attributed. Unattributed copying or close paraphrasing of another outlet's work has no place here, and neither does using someone else's original reporting, data, or analysis without clear credit. We take copyright seriously, both in respecting the work of others and in protecting our own.

14. Complaints and Escalation

If you have a concern about something we've published that a standard correction request doesn't fully resolve, you can escalate it through our Contact Page, and our editorial team will review it directly. We treat escalated complaints as seriously as first-time correction requests, and every single one gets a real review.

15. Updates to This Page

We may update these Editorial Standards from time to time to reflect changes in our practices. Updates will be reflected with a revised effective date at the top of this page.