Editorial Guidelines

These guidelines describe how articles on eJazzNews are produced, sourced and corrected. They apply to everything published since the site was relaunched in April 2026.

How articles are produced

Most eJazzNews articles are drafted with the help of AI tools and published under the byline eJazzNews Editorial. Before publication every draft goes through three steps:

  1. Claim check. Each factual claim (a name, date, album title, label, personnel credit or quote) is checked against published sources. Claims that cannot be confirmed are removed, or the draft is stopped.
  2. Quality check. The draft is checked for accuracy, clarity and whether it answers the question it sets out to answer. Drafts that fall below our threshold are not published.
  3. Editorial review. The editor reads the article and approves it or sends it back.

Sources

  • News is based on an identifiable source: an announcement from the artist, label, venue or festival, or reporting by an established music outlet. We link to it and give the date.
  • Historical facts are checked against established references such as discographies, label catalogues, liner notes, books and recognised reference works.
  • Quotes are used only when we can point to where they were said or published. We do not paraphrase someone and present it as a quote.
  • Press releases are a starting point, not a finished story.

What we publish

  • News: short, dated reports on releases, tours, festivals, awards and the business of jazz.
  • Artist profiles, history and guides: longer reference articles that we review and update when the facts change.
  • Reviews and interviews: only when someone actually listened to the record or actually spoke with the musician, and the article says who.

Bylines

Articles drafted with AI tools carry the byline eJazzNews Editorial. A person’s name appears on an article only when that person wrote or reported it. Material from the original 2001 to 2018 eJazzNews archive keeps its original date and author; see the eJazzNews Archive.

Corrections

If you find an error, email [email protected] with “Correction” in the subject line, the URL of the article and what is wrong. We fix factual errors as soon as we have confirmed them. When a correction changes the meaning of an article (a wrong date, name, credit or quote), we add a short note at the end of the article saying what was changed and when. Typos and broken links are fixed without a note.

Independence and affiliate links

Some articles may contain affiliate links. When they do, the article says so at the top; see our Affiliate Disclosure. Affiliate programmes do not decide what we cover or what we recommend.

Review of existing articles

We are re-checking every article published between April and August 2026 against these guidelines. Articles that do not meet them are rewritten, merged with a stronger article on the same topic, or removed.