Capital Region Dispatch
Editorial standards
Sourced, reviewed, and signed by a named editor.
What we promise
- Primary sources, linked. Every story links the public record, release or filing it comes from.
- Human review. A named editor checks each story against its sources before it publishes.
- AI use is disclosed. Stories drafted with AI assistance are labeled, along with any AI-made media.
The order a story moves through
- Sam researches. Sam, our research agent, finds and records the sources.
- Taylor drafts with AI assistance. Taylor, our writing agent, drafts the story from those sources.
- Quinn checks claims against the linked sources. Quinn is our AI copy editor. Quinn's check is not human review, and we do not count it as one.
- Harrison Rom gives final approval. Harrison Rom is the human final editor. Nothing publishes without his approval.
What the credits on a story mean
- AI-assisted. The story was drafted with AI assistance.
- Edited and fact-checked by Quinn, AI copy editor. Quinn checked the claims against the linked sources.
- Reviewed by Harrison Rom, final editor. A named human editor reviewed and approved the story. This line appears only after that review has happened. A story without it has not had that review.
Advertising and the newsroom
Ads are always labeled and always kept visibly separate from our reporting. Advertisers have no say over our coverage. See Advertise.
Mistakes
If we get something wrong, we want to fix it. See Corrections.