Editorial Guidelines for Badger Stripes
Badger Stripes does NOT publish sponsored content. We produce ONLY original content.
Badger Stripes is a for-profit organization. Our funding comes from online advertising revenue and sales of stories.
Editorial independence
- Badger Stripes will retain editorial control. It will not relinquish legal and ethical responsibilities to anyone.
- Badger Stripes will not allow pre-publication editorial review by anyone outside the organization.
- Badger Stripes will not promise outcomes in advance.
Transparency
- Badger Stripes will aim for the highest practicable degree of transparency regarding editorial, business standards and operations, both as a matter of journalistic integrity and because of the transparency journalists demand from other institutions.
- Badger Stripes will clearly disclose their ethics policies, mission statements and conflict of interest policies on our website.
- Badger Stripes will clearly disclose basic information about the staff on its website; we will also explain how to contact the newsroom to report errors or make complaints.
These guidelines come from the American Press Institute.
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