Editorial Standards
Last updated: August 17, 2026 | Published by the Choseno Civic News Desk | Corrections Policy
1. Who publishes this
Choseno’s civic news coverage is published by the Choseno Civic News Desk, operated by Choseno, an independent hyperlocal civic platform (see About). We are not affiliated with any political party, candidate, or government office, and we do not accept payment from politicians or campaigns in exchange for coverage.
2. How stories are sourced
Every published article is built from publicly available source material — government filings, official statements, municipal records, election filings, and reporting from other outlets — cited under a “Sources” section at the bottom of the article whenever it exists. We do not publish unsourced claims as fact. Stories tagged to a specific politician or seat are drawn from the same public record used elsewhere on Choseno (candidate filings, boundary/office data) so a claim about who holds or is running for a seat is checkable against the platform’s own underlying data, not just the prose.
3. AI-assisted drafting, human-gated publishing
Choseno is a small, independent team. Story drafts are assembled with AI assistance from the cited public sources to keep pace with the volume of civic activity across many jurisdictions — the same reason large outlets increasingly use AI-assisted tooling in their newsrooms. Every article is reviewed against its cited sources before it moves from draft to published status; nothing goes live automatically off an unreviewed model output. We’d rather disclose this plainly than have a reader assume a byline means something it doesn’t.
4. Neutrality & non-partisanship
Coverage of candidates and elected officials is written to describe verifiable actions, statements, and filings — not to endorse or oppose anyone. Choseno’s rating and review features are entirely separate, user-generated opinion content (clearly distinguished on every politician wall) and are never presented as Choseno’s own editorial position.
5. What we don’t do
We don’t run anonymous sourcing for serious factual claims, we don’t accept payment for coverage, and we don’t alter a published article’s substance without noting it (see our Corrections Policy).
6. Questions or concerns
If you believe a story is inaccurate, unfair, or missing important context — including if you are the subject of an article — contact us at contact@choseno.com. See the Corrections Policy for how we handle and log factual corrections.