Independent ownership
No outside group sets our coverage list or approves a headline before it runs.
Standing
How this journal is made
Editorial standards, plainly stated
This page explains editorial for visitors of Elisha Yong Journal. It is not marketing copy. It sets out who decides what gets published, how we separate reporting from commentary, and how a reader gets a correction made.
- Published by
- Elisha Yong Journal, Brooklyn
- Standards met
- Every story is read by an editor before it runs, and no story is published from a single unverified account.
- Contact
- Write to the editor
What this journal is for
We report on technology, business, policy, sports, local New York and world events. The desk is small, the subjects are wide, and the promise is narrow on purpose: say where the information came from.
Reader questions that reach the inbox during working hours shape what we chase next. When a subject keeps coming back, we assign it rather than answer it in fragments.
Labeled commentary
Opinion runs under the Opinion section and is written in first person. Reporting is not.
Separation
Named sourcing
Anonymous sources are used only when a person faces real risk, and an editor knows who they are.
Sourcing
Corrections on the record
A corrected story carries a note at the foot. The original wording is not quietly deleted.
Accountability
The same rules apply whether a piece covers a Brooklyn council meeting or a national antitrust filing. Nothing about a subject being familiar makes it easier to check.
How a story gets to press
Four steps stand between an idea and a published page. They are the same four for a short local item and for a long piece on AI policy. Skipping one is how a newspaper gets something wrong, so the order is fixed.
Reporters file; editors check the sourcing, the numbers and the framing; a second reader looks for what the first one missed. Only then does the page go up.
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Report
Talk to the people it affects
Records first, people second, and neither alone. A filing tells you what was decided; the person on the other end tells you what it changed.
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Verify
Check the claim against a second source
Numbers get traced to the document they came from. Quotes get read back to the speaker when there is any doubt about wording.
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Edit
An editor reads for what is missing
The edit looks for the paragraph that answers the obvious objection, and for the headline that overstates what the copy actually supports.
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Publish
Date it and stand behind it
The dateline is set. If anything in the piece changes later, the note appears at the bottom of the story rather than in a silent rewrite.
What we publish, and what stays out
We publish reported news, verified documents, and clearly labeled opinion. We stay out of anything we cannot stand behind: unnamed claims we cannot corroborate, private medical or legal records, and unverified material about minors.
That line holds even when it costs us a scoop. A story we cannot source properly is a story we wait on, not a story we soften to run.
Quotes are read back
When a sentence is up for debate, the person who said it hears it again before it runs. If they disagree with the wording, we address it in the copy rather than trim it into a slant.
Numbers are traced to a document
Filings, council records and court documents are cited with enough detail that a reader can find the same number. When a figure cannot be located, it does not go in the copy.
Opinion is marked as opinion
Columns sit in the Opinion section and say so at the top. They are argued, not reported, and the difference is visible in the headline before you click.
Corrections policy
Corrections are read by a human, not filed into a queue. The note is added to the story, dated, and left in place so the record of the error is as findable as the error was.
Send a correctionA wrong fact is fixed in the open
The line is changed, and a note at the foot of the story says what it said before and when the change was made.
A missing detail is added with a note
When context arrives after publication, we append it and date the addition rather than reworking the piece as if it had always been there.
A headline that overshot is rewound
If the headline promised more than the copy supports, the headline is softened and the change is noted. We do not leave the stronger version to keep the clicks.
A story we cannot fix is taken down
If the sourcing behind a piece collapses and no honest repair exists, the piece is withdrawn and a note explains why. Removal is the last resort, not the tidy option.
To send one: email TheodoreMeyer@elishayong.com or call +1 833 292 3148 during working hours, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Include the headline, the date and the line in question. Screenshots help, but the link and the quote are what let us find it.
The standard, in one page
Editorial standards at Elisha Yong Journal are not a separate department. The reporter, the editor and the reader share the same rules, and the corrections ledger is the part of the record that stays visible. If you spot a Torchys reference handled loosely, a quote out of context or a page whose headline overshoots the story, tell us and we will look at it.
Reporting
Sourced, dated, verified
Opinion
Argued, labeled, signed
Corrections
Noted in place, never hidden
Reach
Local New York and beyond
Questions readers actually send
These come from the inbox, not a marketing brief. If your question is not here, the contact details below the answers are the right route.
Who decides what gets published?
A section editor proposes the story, a reporting editor confirms the sourcing, and the standards desk reads the headline against the copy. No single person publishes alone, which is also why a piece sometimes takes an extra day.
Do you use anonymous sources?
Rarely, and only when a person would face a real consequence for speaking on the record. An editor always knows who the source is, even when the reader does not. Where the reason for anonymity is material, the story says so.
How fast will a correction appear?
Corrections sent during working hours, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, are read the same day. A factual error in a live story is usually fixed and noted within a few hours. Longer pieces take as long as the check takes, and that timing is not negotiable.
Can I submit a story idea or a document?
Yes. Send it to the newsroom address and say whether you want to be named. We read tips that arrive during working hours first, and we will tell you if the desk is already covering it. We do not pay for documents, and we do not promise a story before we have read the material.
Why does a headline change after I open it?
Only when the first headline promised more than the copy supported. The change is noted at the foot of the story, along with what it used to say. We would rather hand back a slightly duller headline than keep a sharper one the reporting does not carry.
Where to go next
If you want the full written standards, they live on the standards page. If you want to know who is behind the desk and how this newsroom is put together, that is on the about page. If you have a correction, a tip or a question, the contact page is the fastest route — the desk is open Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
Newsroom
Elisha Yong Journal354 E 31st St
Brooklyn, NY 11226, USA
Phone: +1 833 292 3148
Email: TheodoreMeyer@elishayong.com
Open Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.