How we report.
What every story is made from.

Our outlook

Comlumen is a politically conservative publication. We say so here, plainly, so you can weigh our choices with that in mind. Our outlook shapes which stories we choose to cover and how our analysis is framed.

It never decides what we report as fact. Every fact in every story is checked against its sources in the same way, whichever side it helps or hurts. When the evidence runs against a conservative view, we report the evidence. The truth comes first, always.

Desk stories

Stories under the Comlumen Desk byline are compiled from reporting by other news organisations and from official sources such as government publications, central banks, courts, companies and scientific journals. They are written with AI assistance. They contain no original reporting by Comlumen: we did not witness the events, and we did not conduct the interviews quoted.

Every source a desk story draws on is listed and linked at the end of it. Facts are attributed in the text to the organisation that reported them, and quotations are attributed to the outlet where they appeared. Each story states the date or time its figures refer to when those figures were still changing.

Sourcing

• Each fact is checked against a primary source, or against at least two independent news organisations.
• Where a detail rests on a single outlet, the story names that outlet in the text.
• Claims that are unconfirmed, contested or anonymous are labelled as such.
• Allegations are reported as allegations, alongside any denial.

Labels

Every story carries a label. News reports what happened. Analysis and explainers are labelled as such, and analysis separates what the evidence shows from what people argue. Comlumen does not publish opinion under the desk byline.

Pictures

Comlumen only publishes pictures it has the right to use. Desk stories use file pictures that are in the public domain or published under an open licence (Creative Commons), mostly from Wikimedia Commons. They were not taken for Comlumen.

Every picture carries its credit and licence: in full under it on the story, and in short inside the frame wherever else it appears. The caption says what the picture shows, and when and where it was taken where that is known. Unless the caption says so, a picture does not show the events in the story. Where no suitable picture is available, the story runs without one.

Corrections

When a story is wrong, it is corrected on the story itself, with what changed and when, and listed in the corrections log. Stories are not quietly rewritten.

Masthead

Iain Feeney, Chief Editor and CEO, is responsible for Comlumen's editorial standards and for every story it publishes. The newsroom lists every byline.

Comlumen

Comlumen is in alpha. It is built and run on the Stacklumen platform, and its stories are published through the Stacklumen CMS.