Editorial standards
How this newsroom verifies, writes and corrects
TEN Brief collects published reporting and primary documents, cross-checks them against each other, and writes the story again from the facts that survive. We do not reproduce source text. What we could not confirm is marked as unconfirmed rather than left out quietly. This page describes the process so readers can hold us to it.
The newsroom publishes ten stories a day in Korean. The English edition carries English versions of pieces first published in Korean; each one links to its Korean original, and the original links back.
How a story is made
Every article passes through the five stages below. If a stage fails its condition, the story is held rather than published.
| Stage | What happens | Held if |
|---|---|---|
| Collection | Candidate stories for the day are gathered along with independent sources | Fewer than three sources |
| Cross-check | Figures, timings and actors are compared source against source | Sources disagree on a figure |
| Rewrite | Only the facts are carried over into new text. Source sentences are not reused | The draft leans too heavily on the original wording |
| Added value | At least one of a table, a statistical summary, or a chronology is added | None of the three is present |
| Review | Headline, one-line answer, unconfirmed items and image rules are checked | Any of them is missing |
Where AI is used
AI tools are used for collection, comparison and drafting. The model that writes the draft and the model that checks the facts are kept separate, so no model verifies its own text. The decision to publish is made by a person. Every article ends with a verification block stating how many sources were cross-checked and what remains unconfirmed.
Images
Every image is a paper collage generated from the article itself. These are not photographs, and they are not made to resemble photographs. We do not depict the faces of real people, place letters or numbers inside an image, or draw charts that could be mistaken for real data. Each caption states, in fixed wording, that the image was generated.
Corrections
Changes to a published article fall into two kinds. Both update dateModified. Nothing is changed silently.
| Kind | What it covers | How it is shown |
|---|---|---|
| Correction | The facts were wrong — a figure, a date, a name, a causal claim, or who said something | A correction block at the top of the article records what changed and how, with a badge. It is never removed |
| Clarification | Typos, spacing, a replaced link, tightened sentences — anything that leaves the facts unchanged | No correction block. Only the modification time is updated |
Borderline cases are treated as corrections. If what a reader saw earlier differs from what is on screen now, the difference gets stated. When new facts change the conclusion of the piece as a whole, we publish a new article and link to it from the old one instead of rewriting the old one.
Corrections and contact
If something here is wrong, write to editor@tenbrief.com. Where the claim checks out, we correct the article and leave the correction block in place. Where it does not, we say so in reply.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Publisher | TEN Brief |
| Editorial responsibility | TEN Brief 편집팀 |
| Contact | editor@tenbrief.com |
| Publishing times | Daily at 06:00 · 12:00 · 18:00 KST |
Advertising and revenue
A page carries no more than two ads. They sit in fixed-height slots outside the article, so they neither cover the text nor push it down. What we cover and how we write it is decided apart from advertising. The newsletter carries no ads.