Editorial Policy

Last updated: October 20, 2026

TrendWire reports trending stories from around the world in original words. This page explains, plainly, how a story gets from a headline somewhere else to an article on this site — and the checks it must pass.

How stories are gathered

Our software monitors the public RSS feeds of established news outlets configured by our editors. When a story appears, the software saves its headline, its publisher's summary and a link to the original. Similar headlines from different outlets are automatically grouped so editors see one story, not five copies.

Drafting

Software may prepare a first draft from the publisher's summary — either by re-organizing that summary or, when an AI writing tool is connected, by drafting an original brief from it. A draft is never treated as a finished story. Drafts based on thin or single-source material are flagged as needing verification.

Human approval — always

No story is published automatically. Every article must be opened, read against its source, and approved by a human editor in our publishing system before it can appear on TrendWire. Before approving, the editor must complete a checklist confirming that they:

• opened and read the original source;
• confirmed the facts in our draft match the source;
• confirmed the draft contains no invented quotations, statistics, names or dates;
• confirmed the headline is supported by the article itself;
• checked the rights status of any photograph used.

Sensitive topics

Stories about elections, armed conflicts, crime and health are flagged automatically and require an extra review step by an editor before they can be approved. Figures attributed to officials, surveys or other outlets are reported as published by those sources at the time of writing, and developing stories are updated as events unfold.

Sourcing and credit

When a story is based on a specific outlet's reporting, that outlet is credited in a source line at the end of the article, with a link where available. We never copy another outlet's article text. If a claim cannot be verified against a source, it is removed or the story is held — it is not published on the strength of a rumor.

Corrections

Errors are corrected promptly and the correction is noted on the story itself. See our Corrections Policy.