Standards
Last revised
The Monochrome Chronicles adopts the SPJ Code of Ethics. These are the rules that put it into practice. Who publishes the paper and how it is made are on the About page.
Sourcing
Every fact in a news article is supported by at least two reliable news organizations or by a primary record such as a court filing, an official statement or a published study. The sources are listed by name and date at the foot of each article. The paper cites the outlet that did the reporting, not a site that repeated it. A claim found in only one outlet is either cut or attributed in the text to that outlet.
Attribution
Quotations and findings that come from another outlet’s reporting are credited to it in the sentence (“told NBC News”, “according to Reuters”). The paper does not interview people itself, and it never writes that someone “did not respond to a request for comment” unless the paper made the request.
Headlines
A news headline states a fact that the article supports, in plain words and usually 50 to 80 characters. News headlines are not questions. Editorials are labeled as editorials.
Times and updates
Every article shows when it was published, in Eastern Time. Pieces written after the fact to fill the archive are labeled “Archive edition” with the date they were written and the date of the events they cover. When an article is changed in substance after publication, it shows “Updated” with the time.
Corrections
Errors of fact are corrected in the article and noted at its foot in a dated correction that says what was wrong. Every correction is also listed on the Corrections page. Corrections made by the review pass are printed the same way. Requests for corrections are answered within two business days at editor@monochromechronicles.com; when an error is confirmed, the correction is published within two business days.
Fairness
Editorials argue openly from the center-left, but the news report covers the issues center-right readers put first, such as taxes and spending, border security, energy, crime, school choice, religious liberty and defense, and states the strongest case on each side in its own terms.
Photos
Photos come from Wikimedia Commons and are used only under licenses that allow it: public domain, CC0, or Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Each is credited in the form the license asks for, with its title, author, license and a link to its source, and, where the license asks for it, marked as adapted. Photos illustrate the subject; unless the caption says otherwise, they were not taken at the event described. The paper does not use photos of private individuals or images of violence.
Elections
Through Election Day, November 3, 2026, and the count that follows, the paper reports results only when election officials have announced them or at least two major news organizations have called the race, and says which. It makes no projections of its own. Polls are reported with their dates, sample and margin of error, as snapshots rather than predictions. Claims of fraud or irregularity are reported with what courts and election officials have found. For how and where to vote, readers should rely on their state or local election office.
Health
Health stories say what kind of study a finding comes from, how many people it involved, whether it has been peer reviewed, and what it cannot show; they separate an association from a cause and give absolute risks where the sources do. Public-health figures come from the agencies that collect them. Health stories are news, not medical advice; readers should talk to a doctor or other clinician about their own care.
Scope
The paper does not cover sports or stories whose main subject is gender or LGBTQ issues. It does not publish graphic violence and does not write about private individuals.
Opinion
Editorials appear only in the Opinion section, are signed by the Editorial Board, and argue from the center-left. News articles do not argue, and their political lean is rated in public (see how we rate lean).