Last updated: June 2, 2026
Zorywire is an English-language online news and editorial website. This Editorial Policy explains the standards we aim to follow when selecting, preparing, reviewing, publishing, updating, and correcting editorial content.
This policy should be read together with our Corrections Policy, Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy.
1. Our editorial mission
Zorywire aims to provide clear, accurate, useful, and responsible coverage of public-interest news for an international audience.
We focus on facts, context, accountability, and reader understanding. We aim to help readers follow important developments without misleading presentation, unnecessary sensationalism, or avoidable confusion.
2. Editorial independence
Editorial decisions should be made in the interest of readers and the public value of the story.
We aim to keep editorial judgment separate from improper influence by sources, political actors, commercial interests, advertisers, partners, platforms, or other outside parties.
We do not knowingly publish paid editorial content, hidden advertising, or sponsored material disguised as independent journalism. If sponsored, promotional, affiliate, or paid content is introduced in the future, it should be clearly labelled.
3. Accuracy and verification
Accuracy is central to Zorywire's editorial work.
Before publication, we aim to take reasonable steps to verify material facts, including names, dates, locations, figures, quotes, titles, source links, and the context needed to understand the story.
The level of verification required may depend on the nature of the story, urgency, risk of harm, availability of evidence, source reliability, and public interest.
We aim not to publish information we know to be false. Where information is uncertain, disputed, developing, or based on preliminary reports, we aim to make that clear.
4. Fairness and context
We aim to present facts fairly and in context.
Where a story includes serious allegations, criticism, or disputed claims about a person or organisation, we aim to give relevant parties a fair opportunity to respond where appropriate and practical.
A response may be summarised, quoted, linked, or reflected in the article depending on relevance, length, legal risk, editorial judgment, and the available evidence.
Fairness does not require false balance. We do not treat unsupported claims as equal to verified facts.
5. News, analysis, opinion, and explainers
We aim to distinguish between different types of editorial content.
News reporting should focus on verified facts and relevant context.
Analysis may include interpretation, explanation, and assessment, but should remain grounded in evidence.
Opinion content reflects the view of the author or named contributor and should be clearly labelled.
Explainers are intended to help readers understand a topic, process, dispute, or development. They should be clear about what is known, what is uncertain, and why the issue matters.
6. Headlines, summaries, images, and metadata
Headlines, summaries, captions, tags, social previews, and metadata should fairly reflect the underlying article.
They should not materially exaggerate, distort, or misrepresent the story.
Images, graphics, and visual material should be used in a way that does not mislead readers about the facts, timing, location, identity of people, or nature of events.
Where an image is illustrative, archival, staged, edited, or not from the event being discussed, we aim to make that clear where needed to avoid confusion.
7. Sources and attribution
We aim to identify sources clearly where possible.
Sources may include official records, public statements, interviews, data, court documents, public filings, reports, reputable media publications, direct observation, and other material relevant to the story.
We aim to attribute information to the appropriate source and link to source material where useful, lawful, and practical.
A link to a third-party source does not mean that Zorywire endorses that source, website, organisation, product, service, or person.
8. Anonymous and confidential sources
We prefer to use named and attributable sources.
Anonymous or confidential sources may be used where the information is important, cannot reasonably be obtained on the record, and there is a valid reason to protect the source's identity.
When using anonymous sources, we aim to consider:
- the source's access to the information;
- the source's reliability;
- possible motives or conflicts;
- whether the information can be independently verified;
- the public interest in publication;
- the risk of harm to the source or others.
We do not grant confidentiality lightly. Where confidentiality is granted, we aim to protect the source's identity subject to applicable law.
9. Sensitive coverage
We take extra care with sensitive subjects, including:
- war and conflict;
- terrorism and political violence;
- crime and criminal allegations;
- death, injury, suicide, and trauma;
- children and vulnerable people;
- health and medical claims;
- elections and democratic processes;
- financial claims that may affect reader decisions;
- private life, personal data, and safety risks.
For sensitive topics, we aim to avoid unnecessary detail, unsupported claims, harmful speculation, and language that may unfairly stigmatise people or communities.
We aim to balance public interest with the risk of harm.
10. Crime, allegations, and legal matters
When covering crime, investigations, lawsuits, regulatory action, or other legal matters, we aim to be careful with language and legal status.
We aim to distinguish between allegation, investigation, charge, conviction, settlement, denial, judgment, and appeal.
We do not present a person as guilty of a crime unless that has been established by a competent legal process.
Where legal restrictions, privacy concerns, safety risks, or fairness issues apply, we may limit, delay, update, or remove details.
11. Elections and political coverage
Political and election coverage should be accurate, clear, and fair.
We aim to verify claims, avoid misleading presentation of polling or voting information, and distinguish between facts, claims, projections, commentary, and opinion.
We do not knowingly publish false information about voting procedures, eligibility, dates, results, or official processes.
Where political claims are disputed or unsupported, we aim to make that clear.
12. Financial, business, and market coverage
Business and financial content is provided for general information only.
It is not investment, tax, legal, accounting, or financial advice.
We aim to handle market-sensitive information carefully, verify figures where practical, and avoid presenting speculation as fact.
Readers should independently verify information before making financial, business, investment, or legal decisions.
13. Health and safety information
Health, medical, and safety-related content is provided for general information only.
It is not medical, clinical, emergency, or professional advice.
We aim to rely on appropriate sources and avoid overstating preliminary findings, unsupported claims, or individual anecdotes.
Readers should seek qualified professional advice for medical, safety, emergency, or personal health decisions.
14. Conflicts of interest
People involved in editorial work should avoid conflicts that could improperly influence coverage or create a reasonable perception of improper influence.
Potential conflicts may include financial interests, personal relationships, political activity, gifts, travel, payments, employment relationships, or other outside interests.
Where a relevant conflict exists, we may reassign work, add disclosure, limit involvement, or take another appropriate editorial step.
15. Gifts, payments, and favours
Editorial coverage should not be bought.
We do not accept gifts, payments, favours, travel, access, or other benefits in exchange for favourable coverage, suppression of coverage, or editorial influence.
Small items with no meaningful value may be handled according to practical editorial judgment. Anything that could reasonably affect independence should be refused, returned, paid for, disclosed, or otherwise addressed.
16. Plagiarism and originality
We do not knowingly publish plagiarised work.
Where we rely on another source's reporting, data, documents, quotes, or analysis, we aim to provide appropriate attribution.
Short quotations, summaries, references, and links may be used where lawful and editorially appropriate. Substantial copying without permission or proper attribution is not acceptable.
17. Updates, corrections, and clarifications
We aim to correct significant factual errors clearly and responsibly.
If we identify a material inaccuracy, misleading statement, material omission, misattribution, or distortion, we may correct, clarify, update, annotate, archive, restrict, or remove content depending on the circumstances.
Significant corrections or clarifications will usually include a visible note on the article.
Minor spelling, grammar, formatting, link, or style changes that do not affect meaning may be made without a correction note.
Correction requests should be made under our Corrections Policy.
18. Article updates and developing stories
News can change quickly.
For developing stories, we may update an article as new information becomes available. Where an update materially changes the meaning, status, or context of an article, we aim to make the update clear.
Earlier versions of a story may not always reflect later developments. Where needed, we may add an update note, editor's note, correction, clarification, or follow-up article.
19. Removal, archiving, and old content
Published articles may remain part of the public record.
We generally do not remove accurate public-interest reporting only because time has passed or because the article later became inconvenient to a person or organisation.
Removal or restriction may be considered where required by law, where rights have been infringed, where there is a serious safety or privacy concern, or where continued publication is no longer editorially justified.
Older articles may be corrected, clarified, updated, annotated, archived, restricted, or removed where appropriate.
20. Reader tips, documents, and submitted material
Readers may contact us with tips, correction requests, documents, or other information.
Please do not send confidential, sensitive, legally privileged, classified, or unsafe material unless we have specifically agreed a secure process with you.
Sending material to Zorywire does not guarantee publication, response, investigation, confidentiality, or return of material.
We may review, verify, store, edit, publish, summarise, archive, or decline to use submitted material according to our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, editorial standards, and applicable law.
21. External links and third-party material
Articles may link to third-party websites, documents, reports, public statements, social media posts, images, videos, or other material.
Third-party material remains the responsibility of its own publisher, author, operator, or rights holder.
We do not control third-party websites and are not responsible for their availability, accuracy, security, privacy practices, editorial choices, products, services, or content.
22. Accountability
We aim to be accountable to readers.
Readers can contact us about possible factual errors, legal concerns, privacy concerns, rights issues, or other editorial issues.
We may not respond to every message, especially where a message is abusive, repetitive, unsupported, unrelated to editorial accuracy, or made in bad faith.
We may preserve relevant records where needed for legal, editorial, security, compliance, or accountability purposes.
23. Changes to this policy
We may update this Editorial Policy from time to time.
When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date above. Changes apply from the date they are posted unless a later date is stated.
24. Contact
For editorial concerns, correction requests, legal notices, or questions about this Editorial Policy, use our Contact page or the contact details in our Legal Notice.
Please include the relevant article URL, a clear explanation of the issue, and any supporting evidence.