Editorial Policy

The Daily Pulse reports on stories already covered by established news organizations — we do not claim to be first on the ground. What we add: verifying a story against multiple sources before calling it confirmed, explaining why it matters and what led up to it, and connecting it to our own related coverage. This page explains that process end to end.

Sourcing and verification

Every story starts from a real, published report — never invented. The original publisher is credited and linked at the end of every story, and every publisher we draw from is also listed together on our Credits page.

Where possible, a story is corroborated against a second, independent source before publishing — and when that second source has real detail the first one didn't report, our writeup draws on that too, so a confirmed story reflects more than one outlet's account of it. When a story could only be confirmed from one source at publishing time, it is marked Unconfirmed on the site and re-checked automatically as further reporting comes in.

Context and background

Most stories include a short Context section explaining why the story matters or what background helps it make sense — something a plain rewrite of the source wouldn't include on its own. When a story is a real continuation of something we've already covered, we say so directly and link to that earlier report, so a reader can follow how a situation has developed rather than seeing each update in isolation. Genuinely complex stories get a deeper Explainer breaking down what happened, why it matters, and what happens next.

Writing

Every headline is written in our own words, never copied from the source. Summaries are written in original wording too, not copied or closely paraphrased from the source article. Facts, figures, and quotes are only included when they genuinely appear in the source material we drew from — nothing is invented to make a story read as more complete than our sources actually support.

Review

Every story passes an automated pre-publish check (originality, unsupported claims, category fit, minimum length) before it goes live — a purely mechanical check with no exceptions. Stories are also reviewed by our student editorial team on an ongoing rotation, from Editor-in-Chief down to Staff Writer, and any error found afterward is logged on our public Corrections page.

Images

Images are used only when openly licensed (Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons) and are always credited. We do not use a publisher's own photograph without a license, even when the story itself is credited to that publisher.

Corrections

If you believe a story contains an error, see our Corrections Policy.