Editorial Standards

One page for the working standard behind every investigation. The detailed policies sit alongside it and are linked from each section.

How Investigations Are Researched

Every Project Insider Asia investigation begins with the public record: court filings, regulator reports, parliamentary inquiries, official accident investigations, audited financial statements and contemporaneous reporting from established news organisations. We do not publish claims that cannot be traced back to a documentable source.

Each investigation follows the same forensic structure — what happened, why it matters, the warning signs, the governance failures and the executive lessons — so that readers can compare cases on equal terms. Where a fact is disputed between credible sources, we say so rather than picking the version that makes a better story. The full method is set out in Our Investigation Methodology.

How Sources Are Selected

Primary sources — official inquiries and commissions, court filings and settlement records, regulator and accident-investigation reports, audited accounts and parliamentary records — carry the greatest weight, and where a primary source exists we prefer it over any secondary account. Secondary sources provide context and chronology from established business and financial press with a demonstrated record of accuracy.

We do not use anonymous, unsourced claims as the basis for factual statements; we do not treat company marketing materials or press releases as evidence of delivery; and social-media commentary is not a source. The full list of what we use and exclude is on the Source Standards page.

How Figures Are Verified

Every material factual claim is checked against at least two independent sources where reasonably possible, and against primary documents where they exist. Where estimates vary — as they often do for large programmes — we state the figure most commonly cited by official inquiries or audited accounts, and where credible sources conflict materially we disclose the conflict rather than silently picking the number that fits the narrative.

Where figures are approximate, we say so. The Sydney Opera House cost and the NHS National Programme for IT total are both reported differently across official documents; our investigations note the range and explain why.

Corrections

We correct errors, and we do so visibly. Factual corrections are made in the text with a dated note identifying what changed and why; we do not silently edit published investigations. We acknowledge every correction report within five working days, and material corrections are noted on the page itself.

If you believe we have published a factual error, email ramesh.dixit@projectinsiderasia.com with the subject line “Correction”. The full process and the public corrections log are on the Corrections Policy page.

AI-Assisted Production Governance

AI tools assist with parts of our production process: generating and editing illustrative imagery, organising research material, and drafting early versions of supporting copy. They are tools in the workflow — not authors of record.

All editorial judgement at Project Insider Asia is human. Every investigation is researched, verified, structured and approved by Ramesh Dixit before publication, and no AI-generated text is published without human review and approval. The full statement is on the AI Disclosure page.

High-Risk Claims and Fairness Review

The following claim categories carry elevated legal and fairness risk. Each is checked before publication, and the build blocks flagged language in investigation content unless the specific use is registered with a documented justification.

How We Label What We Publish