DFW Daily Brief is built for speed, but speed does not replace sourcing, context, or review.
Source of record first
Official agendas, notices, filings, agency updates, district materials, public records, and organizer pages are our preferred factual foundation. Other reporting and social posts can identify a lead, but they do not independently confirm a claim when a source of record should exist.
Automation and human responsibility
Software may collect, compare, summarize, classify, and assemble source material. Automated handoffs create drafts only. Publishing requires separate editorial and final-publisher gates. We do not invent quotes, eyewitness details, public records, people, places, or local color.
Attribution, images, and uncertainty
Briefs link to the underlying source whenever practical. Images require a recorded source and usage basis. We do not use generated imagery to depict a real crime, crash, emergency, official, person, or claimed news event. When a fact is not settled, the language should make that uncertainty visible.
Independence and conflicts
Advertising and sponsorship decisions are separate from editorial judgment. Paid material is clearly labeled. Writers and editors should disclose a material conflict and step away from decisions when the conflict could compromise trust.
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