Sourcing and citation standards

Strong reporting depends on readers being able to judge the basis for what they are reading, especially in policy, regulatory, and market coverage.

Primary sources

We prioritize source material that can be checked directly, especially in regulatory, legislative, legal, and public-company coverage where wording, dates, and procedural status often matter as much as the headline takeaway.

That includes bills, agency releases, court filings, company disclosures, earnings materials, and official datasets.
When we rely on outside reporting for context, we still try to trace major claims back to primary documentation.
If primary materials are unavailable, we try to be explicit about the limits of what can be independently verified at that moment.

Attribution

Material claims, numbers, and timelines should be attributable to a named source, linked source, or clearly described reporting basis so readers can judge the strength of the underlying evidence.

When we store a source list for an article, we publish it on the article page.
If a source cannot be linked directly, we still describe it clearly enough for readers to evaluate the basis of the claim.
We prefer direct attribution over generic phrasing whenever a named document, official statement, or interview can responsibly be cited.