Times of Rising’s Editorial Policy outlines standards for producing accurate, clear, useful, independent, and transparent content on finance, business, technology, investing, careers, and freelancing. It explains source selection, financial and investment disclaimers, treatment of uncertainty, commercial relationships, advertising, affiliate links, conflicts of interest, and user-generated content.
The policy also addresses AI-assisted production, originality, human review, content updates, corrections, reader feedback, and distinguishing facts from analysis or recommendations. Times of Rising states that it aims to provide practical information, avoid misleading claims and clickbait, disclose relevant relationships, and correct material errors.
Last Updated: September 10, 2026
At Times of Rising, our goal is to publish useful, accurate, understandable, and responsible content that helps readers make better-informed decisions.
We cover subjects including personal finance, small business and entrepreneurship, AI and practical digital tools, investing and markets, and work, careers, and freelancing.
Because some of these subjects can directly influence financial, professional, or business decisions, we take our editorial responsibilities seriously.
This Editorial Policy explains the standards and processes we aim to follow when creating and maintaining content on Times of Rising.
1. Our Editorial Principles
Our editorial approach is based on a few fundamental principles:
Accuracy
We aim to provide information that is factually accurate and supported by reliable sources where appropriate.
We do not knowingly publish information that is false or misleading.
When a subject involves information that can change over time, such as financial rules, technology features, market information, or business practices, we consider whether the content requires an update.
Clarity
Complex subjects should be understandable.
We aim to explain terminology, concepts, calculations, processes, and important distinctions in straightforward language without unnecessarily complicated jargon.
Simplifying a subject does not mean removing important context. Where nuance or uncertainty matters, we try to explain it.
Usefprioritise
We prioritize content that addresses genuine reader needs.
Articles should provide meaningful information, practical explanations, useful examples, or context rather than simply repeating information that is already widely available.
Independence
Editorial decisions should be based primarily on reader value and editorial relevance.
Advertisers, sponsors, affiliate relationships, or other commercial relationships should not determine the factual conclusions or educational purpose of an editorial article.
Transparency
We aim to be clear about important commercial relationships, limitations, corrections, and other circumstances that could affect how readers interpret our content.
2. How We Select Topics
We generally select topics based on factors such as:
- Questions readers are likely to have.
- Subjects that require clear explanation.
- Practical problems that useful information can help solve.
- Emerging developments that have meaningful real-world implications.
- Opportunities to improve or update existing information.
- Topics that fit within our established editorial areas.
We do not publish a topic solely because it is trending if we cannot provide meaningful value to the reader.
Similarly, we do not believe that publishing a large number of low-value articles is a substitute for creating genuinely useful resources.
3. Research & Sources
Depending on the subject, our content may be based on:
- Official government sources.
- Regulatory and public institutions.
- Company documentation and official announcements.
- Primary research and reports.
- Academic or professional sources.
- Reputable news and reference sources.
- Publicly available data.
- Direct examination of products, services, or tools where appropriate.
For subjects where primary sources are available, we generally prefer primary sources over secondary summaries.
Sources are evaluated for relevance, reliability, date, and context.
A source being widely repeated online does not automatically make it reliable.
4. Financial & Investment Content
Financial and investing topics require particular care.
Our financial content is intended primarily to provide general educational and informational information.
Articles may explain concepts such as budgeting, saving, investing, financial markets, financial terminology, and different approaches to managing money.
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, our content is not personalised financial, investment, tax, legal, or professional advice.
Readers should consider their own circumstances and consult an appropriately qualified professional when they need advice specific to their situation.
We also avoid presenting uncertain financial outcomes as guarantees.
We do not intentionally promote get-rich-quick schemes, unrealistic returns, or misleading claims about financial products or investments.
5. AI & Technology Content
Technology changes quickly, particularly in artificial intelligence.
When covering AI tools, software, platforms, features, pricing, or capabilities, we recognise information may become outdated.
Where relevant, we distinguish between:
- Confirmed features and capabilities.
- Information provided by the company or developer.
- Our interpretation or analysis.
- Examples of potential use cases.
- Features or developments that may still be changing.
We avoid presenting speculation as fact.
Where a tool or service has important limitations, those limitations should be acknowledged when relevant to the article.
6. Business, Career & Freelancing Content
Business, career, and freelancing articles may include strategies, examples, frameworks, or practical suggestions.
These should not be presented as guaranteed methods of achieving a particular business or career outcome.
Results can vary considerably depending on factors such as experience, market conditions, location, industry, competition, resources, and individual circumstances.
Where examples are used, they should be clearly presented as examples rather than guarantees.
7. Editorial vs. Promotional Content
Times of Rising may publish different types of content, including editorial articles, commercial content, sponsored content, affiliate-supported content, and other partnerships.
We aim to make the nature of commercially influenced content clear to readers.
Sponsored or promotional material should not be presented as independent editorial reporting when that distinction would reasonably matter to the reader.
Commercial partnerships do not give partners the right to dictate independent editorial conclusions.
8. Affiliate Relationships
Some articles may contain links to products, services, or websites through affiliate arrangements.
If a reader purchases something after following an affiliate link, Times of Rising may receive a commission or other compensation, at no additional cost to the reader, where applicable.
Affiliate relationships do not mean that every product or service mentioned is suitable for every reader.
We aim to prioritize relevance and usefulness rather than recommending something solely because it provides an affiliate opportunity.
9. Advertising
Advertising may appear alongside editorial content on Times of Rising.
Advertisements are separate from editorial decision-making.
The presence of an advertisement does not mean that Times of Rising endorses the advertised product, service, company, or claim.
We also aim to maintain a clear distinction between advertising and editorial content.
10. Use of AI in Content Production
Artificial intelligence and other digital tools may be used as part of our content-production workflow where appropriate.
However, the use of an AI-assisted tool does not remove the need for editorial responsibility.
AI-generated or AI-assisted material may contain inaccuracies, outdated information, missing context, or unsupported claims. Therefore, appropriate human oversight, fact-checking, editing, and source verification remain important.
We do not consider simply generating content with an AI system to be sufficient editorial work.
Our objective is to publish content that is useful and trustworthy regardless of which tools were used during its preparation.
11. Originality & Content Quality
We aim to produce original editorial work that provides genuine value to readers.
We do not intentionally copy and republish another publisher’s article.
When information from another source is discussed, we aim to paraphrase it responsibly, provide appropriate attribution where necessary, and avoid misrepresenting another person’s work.
We also respect applicable copyright and intellectual-property rights.
12. Updates & Content Maintenance
Publishing an article is not necessarily the end of its editorial lifecycle.
Some articles may be reviewed and updated when:
- Important facts change.
- Laws, regulations, or official guidance change.
- A product or service changes significantly.
- Data becomes outdated.
- We identify an error.
- Additional context would materially improve the article.
- Readers provide information that warrants editorial review.
Where appropriate, articles may display an updated date.
Not every article requires frequent updating. An article may remain unchanged when its core information remains accurate and useful.
13. Corrections
We take legitimate reports of factual errors seriously.
When we identify a material error, we may correct the article and, where appropriate, explain the correction to readers.
Minor editorial changes such as spelling, grammar, formatting, or stylistic improvements may not require a separate correction notice.
If you believe an article contains an error, please contact us with:
- The article title or URL.
- The specific information you believe is incorrect.
- Supporting evidence or a reliable source, if available.
Our editorial team will review the issue and determine whether a correction or update is appropriate.
14. Opinions, Analysis & Recommendations
Where an article contains analysis, interpretation, or opinion, we aim to distinguish those elements from facts.
Readers should not assume that an author’s interpretation represents an objective or guaranteed outcome.
Recommendations, where provided, are based on the information and context available at the time of publication and may not be suitable for every reader.
15. Headlines & Clickbait
We want headlines to attract attention without misleading readers.
We avoid deliberately sensational headlines that promise something an article does not deliver.
A headline should accurately represent the substance of the article and should not create a materially false impression simply to increase clicks.
16. User-Generated Content
If Times of Rising introduces comments, community contributions, interviews, submissions, or other user-generated material, such content may be subject to moderation.
User-generated material represents the views of its contributor and does not necessarily represent the views of Times of Rising.
We may remove content that is misleading, abusive, defamatory, unlawful, spammy, irrelevant, or otherwise inconsistent with our community standards.
17. Conflicts of Interest
Authors and contributors should avoid undisclosed conflicts that could materially affect the credibility of their work.
Where a relevant conflict of interest exists, appropriate disclosure should be considered.
Commercial relationships should not be used to disguise promotional material as independent editorial opinion.
18. Reader Feedback
Readers are an important part of maintaining editorial quality.
We welcome:
- Corrections.
- Requests for clarification.
- Suggestions for useful topics.
- Feedback about unclear explanations.
- Information about outdated content.
- Concerns regarding potential conflicts or disclosures.
Constructive feedback helps us identify areas where content can be improved.
19. Our Commitment
Times of Rising is committed to building a publication that readers can return to for clear, practical, and trustworthy information.
We recognize that no editorial process is perfect and that mistakes can happen.
Our responsibility is to continually improve the quality of our research, writing, sourcing, editing, updating, and corrections.
Our standard is simple: publish useful information, explain it honestly, provide appropriate context, and correct it when we get something wrong.
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This Editorial Policy may be updated from time to time as our publication, editorial processes, and standards develop.
