This is our public code of practice. Every member of the Blitz Voltage newsroom is bound by it. Last reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief on 12 March 2026.
Every claim of fact is checked against a primary source before publication. Where a fact is contested, we publish the contest, not just the louder side.
We grant anonymity only when the public interest in the information outweighs the public interest in transparency. Anonymous quotes are signed off by the desk editor and logged.
We correct errors of fact on the same page, the same day, with an editor's note appended. The full log is public at our corrections page.
Commercial staff have no sight of editorial schedules. Branded content is labelled Paid Partner and never appears in our news indexes.
Writers declare financial holdings, family ties and outside work to the Readers' Editor. Material conflicts appear in the byline footer.
We use machine translation and transcription. We do not publish generative AI text as reporting. Any AI-assisted summary is labelled and signed off by a named editor.
Anyone named in a critical story is offered a meaningful opportunity to respond before publication, with at least 24 hours' notice except where doing so would defeat the public interest.
We follow IMPRESS guidance on reporting on children, suicide, sexual violence and bereavement. Identifying detail is removed where consent is not freely given.
Iona MacAllister
Independent of the newsroom. Handles complaints, corrections and compliance with the IMPRESS Standards Code.
[email protected]IMPRESS, the Independent Monitor for the Press
Complaints not resolved by our Readers' Editor within 21 days may be escalated to IMPRESS. impress.press · 020 3325 4288.
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