Editorial Standards & Corrections

Our editorial approach

ConvoCircle publishes perspectives, interviews and coverage of culture, technology and business. These standards guide work published under the ConvoCircle editorial name. A member’s post, profile or Circle contribution represents its author and is also subject to our Community Guidelines.

Sources, accuracy and context

• Check material factual claims against appropriate evidence and identify important sources so readers can assess them.
• Distinguish reporting, interpretation and opinion. Make uncertainty clear rather than presenting speculation as established fact.
• Attribute quotations accurately and preserve their meaning when editing for length.
• Give images, recordings and third-party work suitable credit and obtain the permissions needed to use them.
• Name the author and disclose relevant interests that could affect a reader’s understanding.

Commercial content and independent coverage

Client production, commissioned content and independent editorial have different purposes. Label sponsored or commissioned material clearly. Identify a press release as such rather than presenting it as independently reported work. A commercial relationship should not imply an editorial endorsement or a guaranteed favourable assessment.

Tools and accountability

Authors and editors remain responsible for the accuracy, attribution and rights associated with published work. When automated tools materially contribute to the substance of a piece, explain that contribution where it helps readers understand how the work was made. Do not present generated quotations, sources or imagery as authentic evidence.

Request a correction

Email info@convocircle.com with the subject “Editorial correction”. Include the article link, the passage concerned, the proposed correction and a supporting source. Distinguish a factual error from a disagreement with the author’s opinion.

Requests are assessed against the available evidence. Where a material error is confirmed, the correction should make the changed information clear to readers. A later development can warrant an update even when the original report was accurate at publication.