This Editorial Policy sets out how Chandler Weekly decides what to cover, how we report and edit it, and the standards every article is held to. It is the foundation document for our journalism and works alongside our Ethics Policy, Standards & Practices, Fact-Checking Policy, and Corrections policy. We publish it in full because a reader should be able to see the rules a publication holds itself to, not just take them on faith.
What we cover, and why
Chandler Weekly covers practical modern living across eight verticals: business and entrepreneurship, personal finance, real estate and housing, home and living, career and workplace, lifestyle, consumer guides, and editorial commentary. We choose stories on the basis of relevance, significance, and how much genuine understanding we can add — not on how much traffic a headline might attract. Given the choice between a piece that will do well and a piece that will help, we choose the piece that helps. We would rather publish fewer, better-sourced articles than chase volume for its own sake.
How we choose and shape stories
Story selection begins with a simple question: will this genuinely help a reader make a better decision or understand something more clearly? We favour evergreen, practical guidance over reactive commentary, and we try to explain not just what but why, so the reader comes away able to reason about the topic themselves. When a subject is complex, we prefer to be clear and honest about the trade-offs rather than pretend there is a single right answer.
Accuracy first
Accuracy is the priority that outranks all others, including speed. Factual claims are checked against reliable sources before publication, and we link to primary sources — official data, original documents, and named authorities — wherever possible so that readers can verify our work rather than trust it blindly. Our verification approach is described in detail in our Fact-Checking Policy. When we cannot confirm something, we either leave it out or clearly attribute it and describe our confidence in it.
Independence
Our editorial decisions are made independently of advertisers, affiliate partners, and sponsors. Commercial relationships never determine what we cover or the conclusions we reach. We recommend products and services on merit and will say plainly when something is not worth it, even if we have an affiliate relationship with the seller. Our commercial arrangements are disclosed transparently in our Affiliate Disclosure and Sponsored Content Policy, and the separation of church and state between editorial and commercial is a rule we treat as non-negotiable.
Sources and attribution
We prefer named, on-the-record sources and original documentation. Where information is drawn from another outlet or a third party, we attribute it and, where possible, link to it. We do not plagiarise, and we do not present others’ work as our own. Statistics are presented with the context needed to understand them — what a figure measures, over what period, from what source, and with what limitations — rather than dropped in for effect.
Bylines and accountability
Articles are published under the Chandler Weekly editorial byline rather than an anonymous “admin” login. Our content is produced with the assistance of AI tools and held to standards of accuracy and sourcing; a full account is given in our AI Content Policy. We do not fabricate individual author identities or attach invented credentials. Accountability sits with the publication and the standards on this page, which readers are welcome to hold us to.
News, analysis, and opinion
We label what you are reading. Straight reporting and how-to guidance aim to inform without advocacy. Analysis interprets and contextualises. Opinion and commentary — for example in Editor’s Notes — are clearly identified as the publication’s perspective, so you always know whether you are reading facts, interpretation, or argument.
Your Money or Your Life (YMYL) standards
Personal-finance and real-estate content can affect a reader’s financial wellbeing, so it is held to a higher standard. Such content is carefully sourced, explicitly educational and journalistic rather than personalised advice, free of specific investment recommendations, and free of specific market predictions. It carries a visible disclaimer, and we direct readers to qualified professionals for their individual situations. See our Disclaimer.
Updates and corrections
News and guidance develop. When we add materially new information to a published story, we update it transparently and note that it has been updated. Time-sensitive material — mortgage-rate context, tax rules, and the like — is revised when the underlying facts change. When we get something wrong, we correct it openly rather than quietly deleting it, and we log significant corrections publicly. Our process is set out in our Corrections policy.
Use of technology
We use technology, including AI tools, to help produce our content — for research, drafting assistance, and data work — and we are transparent about it. What technology does not do is remove editorial responsibility: the publication is accountable for the accuracy, fairness, and framing of everything it publishes, and our standards apply regardless of the tools used to produce a piece.
Reader contributions and feedback
Where readers contribute tips, questions, or feedback, we verify information before acting on it and handle personal data in line with our Privacy Policy. We welcome reader questions for our Q&A coverage and corrections for anything we have gotten wrong.
Questions
Questions about this policy are welcome at [email protected].
Headlines and framing
A headline is a promise about the article beneath it, and we keep that promise. We do not use misleading, exaggerated, or “clickbait” headlines, and the summaries and social copy we write reflect the piece accurately rather than baiting a click. If a headline and an article ever drift apart, the headline is wrong, and we fix it.
Images and media
Images are captioned and credited, and we do not digitally manipulate photographs in ways that misrepresent reality. Illustrative or stock imagery is used only where it does not imply documentary evidence, and charts are drawn to represent data honestly, without distorted scales or cherry-picked ranges.
Comments and community
Where readers can respond, we expect civil, good-faith discussion and moderate accordingly. Personal data submitted through comments or contact forms is handled in line with our Privacy Policy, and we do not tolerate harassment, spam, or deceptive self-promotion in reader spaces.