Editorial policy
Eastern RI News is built on a simple rule: link to the source, never replace it.
Automated publishing
Structured public information from trusted primary sources — meeting filings, calendar entries, official alerts — may be published automatically after automated validation, deduplication and town/category classification.
Human review
Items matching sensitive topics — crime, accusations, lawsuits, fatalities, or ambiguous narratives — are held for human review or published only as clearly labeled official-source links.
What we never do
- Fabricate events, quotes, businesses or facts
- Republish full articles or third-party photographs
- Imply original reporting where none occurred
- Publish AI-generated commentary
Corrections
Errors can be reported via the corrections form. Confirmed errors are corrected or removed promptly and logged.