Editorial Policy

1. Pitch & Assignment

• Writers pitch story ideas in a shared Slack channel each morning.
• The assignment editor green-lights pieces based on relevance, originality, and reader value.

2. Research

• Sources must be reputable: regulatory filings, peer-reviewed studies, government data, or direct expert interviews.
• We cross-check facts against at least two independent sources whenever possible.

3. Writing & Review

• Writers draft articles in Google Docs with comments open to the entire editorial team.
• A senior editor line-edits for structure, clarity, and fairness.
• A separate fact-checker verifies all data points, quotes, and references.

4. Compliance & Risk

• Because finance is a Your-Money-or-Your-Life topic, we ask subject-matter reviewers (CFA charterholders or PhD economists) to sign off on complex pieces.
• Any potential conflicts of interest (e.g., a writer owning a mentioned stock) are disclosed at the bottom of the article.

5. Publication & Promotion

• Final copy is published with author bio, credentials, and "reviewed by" stamp.
• Social posts must reflect the article accurately—no sensationalist reframing for clicks.

Tool, not author:

We sometimes use AI to brainstorm outlines or rewrite passive sentences, never to generate entire unedited articles.

Human in the loop:

Every AI-assisted draft goes through the same editorial and fact-check process as a human-written draft.

Disclosure:

If AI meaningfully contributed (e.g., data summarization), we note this in the "Methodology" footer.

Church & state:

Sales and editorial sit in different Slack workspaces. Editors see ads only after an article goes live.

No pay-for-play:

We do not accept payment for favorable coverage. Sponsored content is tagged "Advertiser Content" and uses a distinct color banner.

Affiliate links:

When we earn a commission (e.g., broker comparisons), we flag it with "This link may earn Sigmanomics a commission. Opinions are our own."