Evidence first
Publication starts with documents, verifiable evidence and accountable reporting. A tip is a starting point, not a publishable fact.
Trust is an operating system
Editorial
standards.
We protect our contributors and sources. We show the basis for our reporting.
Clear distinctions
Facts, reported information, allegations, analysis and opinion are not interchangeable. We label the difference.
Source protection
We protect contributors and confidential sources without treating privacy as an exemption from editorial scrutiny.
Corrections matter
Material factual errors are corrected transparently. New evidence and substantive responses are assessed on their merits.
How we report
Basis before conclusion.
Evidence first
SportsGlare reporting should rely wherever possible on primary material and other sufficiently reliable evidence. This can include company filings and accounts, regulatory records, court documents, official documents, contracts and announcements, financial information, direct interviews, and documentary or source material.
Facts, reporting and interpretation
Established facts
Information supported by documentary or otherwise sufficiently reliable evidence.
Reported information
Information obtained from sources or other reporting that cannot necessarily be independently published in full.
Allegations
Claims that have been made but have not been established as fact.
Analysis
SportsGlare’s interpretation of the available evidence.
Opinion
An explicitly identified editorial position.
SportsGlare does not deliberately present inference, allegation or speculation as established fact.
What we do not know
For investigations and complex reporting, we identify important matters the available evidence does not establish where that uncertainty materially affects interpretation. This can include motive, financial consideration, responsibility, causation or the contents of documents that are not publicly available.
Confidential sources
SportsGlare may use protected sources where they have relevant direct knowledge and publication of their identity could expose them to professional, financial, legal or personal consequences. Where practical, important confidential information is corroborated independently.
We do not add unnecessary descriptions of confidential sources merely to make an article appear more transparent if those details could assist identification.
Protecting sources
People who provide information to journalists can face serious consequences if their involvement becomes known. SportsGlare does not publish the identities of confidential sources without their consent, subject to applicable law, and avoids unnecessary details that could indirectly identify a source.
Information obtained confidentially remains subject to editorial scrutiny. We assess its reliability, seek corroboration where possible and distinguish protected-source reporting from facts established through public evidence.
No communication system can guarantee absolute anonymity or security. Ordinary email is not a secure or anonymous submission channel. For normal editorial contact, write to [email protected]. For legal correspondence, write to [email protected].
AI and editorial production
SportsGlare uses AI tools as part of its editorial workflow. This may include improving readability, checking language, identifying unclear passages, assisting with research organisation and suggesting structural improvements.
AI assistance does not replace SportsGlare’s editorial responsibility. Material claims, facts and conclusions remain subject to normal evidence and verification standards and are not treated as reliable merely because an AI system has produced or suggested them.
AI-generated or substantially AI-created imagery may be used for editorial illustration. Such images are not presented as documentary photographs or evidence that an event occurred. Where an image is substantially AI-generated, the visible credit is AI-generated illustration for SportsGlare.