Editorial Policy

Last updated: April 29, 2026

This page describes how NWCast selects, produces, reviews, and corrects the journalism it publishes. We publish it because we think readers deserve to know how the content they read is made.

1. Editorial Independence

NWCast operates as an editorially independent publication. Coverage decisions — what stories to pursue, how to frame them, which sources to cite, what conclusions to draw — are made solely by our editorial team and are not influenced by advertisers, sponsors, or third-party commercial relationships.

Advertising is sold separately from editorial. Advertisers have no advance knowledge of, or input into, our editorial content. No story is published because an advertiser asked for it, and no story is suppressed because an advertiser objected.

2. How We Select Topics

NWCast covers five areas: World Politics, Tech News, AI News, Investing & Markets, and Space. Within those areas, our editor-in-chief, Franco Cosmelli, sets editorial priorities based on news value, reader relevance, and depth of coverage available.

We publish around 15 stories per day — deliberately fewer than most news aggregators. The constraint is intentional: it means every story that goes out is one that passed an editorial threshold, not one that passed an algorithm.

We do not publish stories about entertainment, celebrity, lifestyle, or sports. These topics are outside our editorial scope. If a story does not belong on NWCast, it does not get published regardless of traffic potential.

3. Our Publishing Process

Every article published on NWCast goes through the following stages:

1. Topic assignment. Our editor-in-chief selects the story and defines the angle — what question the article should answer, what context it needs, what it should not overclaim.
2. Research and drafting. The story is researched and drafted. This process uses a combination of primary sources (official statements, government data, company filings, research papers) and editorial workflow tools that assist with research synthesis and initial structuring.
3. Editorial review. Every draft is read in full by our editor-in-chief before publication. This review covers factual accuracy, framing, sourcing, completeness, and compliance with our editorial standards. Articles that do not meet the threshold are revised or rejected.
4. Quality check. An automated quality layer screens drafts for structural issues, SEO hygiene, and content flags before human review. The human editor makes the final call on everything the automated check surfaces.
5. Publication. The editor approves and publishes the story. No article goes live without explicit editorial approval.

4. Our Use of Editorial Tools, Including AI-Assisted Tools

NWCast uses software tools throughout its editorial workflow — including tools that use AI to assist with research synthesis, initial drafting, and quality screening. We are transparent about this because we believe honesty about the process is part of editorial integrity.

These tools function as aids to the editorial process, not replacements for it. Specifically:

• Topic and angle decisions are made by our editor-in-chief. No tool decides what NWCast covers or how a story is framed. Those are editorial judgments made by a human with accountability for them.
• Every article is reviewed before publication. A human editor reads each piece, checks facts, adjusts framing, and approves or rejects it. Drafts that are inaccurate, misleading, superficial, or out of scope are revised or rejected.
• The editorial voice is ours. Articles published on NWCast reflect our editorial judgment and standards — not whatever a tool would produce if left to run unsupervised.
• Sources are verified independently. Factual claims in our articles are checked against primary sources. We do not publish claims solely on the basis of a tool's output.

Using editorial tools — wire services, research databases, grammar checkers, spell checkers, translation software — is standard practice in modern newsrooms. AI-assisted tools are an extension of that tradition. What makes journalism trustworthy is not which tools are used in the process, but whether human editorial judgment governs the result. At NWCast, it does.

5. Accuracy and Corrections Policy

NWCast is committed to factual accuracy. When we get something wrong, we correct it promptly and transparently.

Reporting an error

If you believe an article contains a factual error, misleading framing, or missing important context, please write to us at admin@nwcast.com with the article URL and a description of the issue. We review every correction request.

How we handle corrections

• Factual errors are corrected as quickly as possible. The correction is noted in the article with a clear label indicating what was changed and when.
• Significant errors — incorrect core facts, misidentified people, or substantially wrong conclusions — are corrected in the article body and noted prominently.
• Minor errors (typos, grammatical errors, broken links) are fixed without a correction note unless they materially affected meaning.
• We do not delete articles to suppress corrections. If a story was substantially wrong, we correct it in place and note what changed.

We do not make substantive changes to published articles without noting them. Silent edits that affect meaning are contrary to our editorial standards.

6. Sourcing Standards

NWCast relies on primary and secondary sources that can be independently verified. When we cite a study, government data, or company filing, we link to the source directly where possible.

We distinguish clearly between reporting (what happened) and analysis (what it means). Opinions and interpretations in our coverage are presented as such — not as uncontested fact.

We do not publish anonymous sourcing for factual claims. If we cannot attribute a claim to a verifiable source, we do not publish it.

7. Conflicts of Interest

NWCast does not accept payment for editorial coverage. We do not publish paid placements disguised as editorial content. If a business relationship creates a potential conflict of interest with editorial decisions, that relationship is disclosed in the relevant coverage.

Our revenue model relies on advertising displayed alongside editorial content. Advertisers are not informed about editorial plans, and advertising relationships do not influence coverage.

8. Contact

Editorial questions, correction requests, and feedback go directly to our editor-in-chief:

Franco Cosmelli
Founder & Editor-in-Chief, NWCast
admin@nwcast.com

You can also read more about how NWCast works on our About page or follow our weekly editorial column at Editorial.