One rule sits under everything we publish: we state as fact only what was reported and sourced, and we commit to nothing that wasn't said.

How a nib comes together

1. We watch the front pages. Every hour we check what the major outlets are leading with. A story earns a nib when several newsrooms are reporting it, not one.
2. We build a fact sheet. We gather the reporting on that event and reduce it to the facts: who, what, where, when, and what was said on the record. Commentary, analysis and speculation are dropped at this step.
3. We write from the fact sheet only. If a detail isn't on the sheet, it isn't in the story.
4. We check before we publish. Each story is read back against its fact sheet. A story that doesn't match doesn't run.

Attribution

Claims belong to whoever made them. You'll read "police said," "the company said in a statement," "according to court filings." When accounts conflict, we report both and say they conflict. We don't run anonymous-source scoops, and we don't guess at anyone's motives.

One event, one story

When a story develops, we update the nib you already read and mark it with the time of the update. We don't publish the same event three times under three headlines.

Photos

Most of our images are stock photography from Unsplash, credited under the picture. They illustrate the subject of a story, a city or a courtroom or a stadium, and are not photos of the event itself unless the caption says so.

Corrections

If we get something wrong, we fix it and update the story. Send the link and what's wrong to hello@newsnibs.org. It helps to include where you saw the correct information.

Independence

Newsnibs is owned by AITAC. Advertising is sold separately from the newsroom, and advertisers have no say in what we cover or how. We don't take payment for stories.