How We Work
How a story gets from the news of the day to this page: how we choose what to cover, how articles are researched and written, how we check them, and what happens when we get something wrong.
How we choose stories
Stories are chosen for their public interest and on the strength of verifiable developments: decisions, votes, court outcomes, official figures, protests and public-safety events across Europe. Before choosing, the newsroom looks at what people are reading and debating on the beat, so coverage follows real events and real questions — not rumour. A development we cannot verify is a story we do not publish.
How articles are written
Every article is original writing by the Europe Unfolded newsroom, based on clearly attributed sources. Research comes first and writing second. News articles rest on at least two credible sources, every factual claim is sourced, and every figure is attributed to the organisation that published it. Where two credible sources disagree — for example, official and union crowd estimates — we publish both, attributed, and we do not pick one silently. Claims are attributed to the person or body making them, and allegations are never presented as established facts. The standards behind this are set out in our Editorial Policy.
How we check before publishing
Before an article is published, its names, dates, places and figures are checked back against the original sources, quotations are checked in context, and each number is traced to the body that released it. Photographs are used only where their licence allows it, and the photographer and licence are credited in the caption. If a check cannot be completed, the claim does not go in.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we correct the article in place and say so openly, with a dated correction note on the article itself. Readers who spot an error can reach us through our Contact page. The full approach is set out in our Corrections Policy.
Listen versions and video
Articles carry a Listen version, so readers can hear the story read aloud; the audio is produced from the article's own text. Video reports on the Europe Unfolded YouTube channel use AI-generated voiceover narration, and that is disclosed on the videos themselves.
Our columns
Column names are the newsroom's editorial identities: the newsroom writes every article under the column's name and beat. No author biography, face photo, social-media profile, or claim about where a correspondent is based is published for any column. The columns and their beats are listed on our Columns page.