Editorial Standards & Corrections

What we promise our readers about how we source, argue, disclose, and fix our work. Credibility compounds, and these are the rules that build it.

Independence and ownership

Nashville Unseen is independently owned and edited in Nashville, Tennessee. It is funded by its editor and its readers. We accept no money, copy, or direction from political candidates, parties, PACs, campaigns, or the subjects of our coverage. Nobody buys a verdict here, and no outside party reviews our pieces before publication.

Opinion and reporting

Most of what we publish is clearly labeled commentary: argument and analysis from a center-right point of view. When we report original facts from the ground, we present them as reporting and keep the opinion to the parts marked as such. We do not blur the two and pass one off as the other.

Sourcing and accuracy

We aim to anchor every load-bearing claim in something a reader can check: a named source, a dated event, a specific number, a document, or a direct quote. We link to primary sources, including the pieces we disagree with, so you can read the original and judge for yourself. When a figure is contested or a study is preliminary, we say so rather than rounding it into certainty.

Steelman first

Before we disagree with an argument, we state it in a form its own author would accept, and we credit what it gets right. A critique that misrepresents the thing it criticizes is worthless to us and to you.

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we fix it on the page and mark it. Substantive corrections carry a dated note explaining what changed. We do not quietly delete or rewrite published claims to hide an error.

If you believe we have published something inaccurate, tell us. Email editor@nashvilleunseen.com with the headline, the specific passage, and what you believe the accurate version is. We review every request and respond.

Conflicts of interest

Where the editor has a personal or professional interest that bears on a story, we disclose it or decline to cover the matter. We do not write about our own clients, business interests, or financial positions as though we were neutral observers.

Use of technology and AI

We use software tools, including artificial intelligence, to help with research, drafting, editing, and production, the way a modern newsroom uses any other tool. A human editor reviews and is responsible for everything we publish. Facts are checked against primary sources, not accepted because a tool produced them.

Privacy

How we handle reader data is covered in our privacy policy.

Questions about these standards? Write to editor@nashvilleunseen.com.