Ethics

SAZLive is a news site, not a city publication and not a tourist brochure. These are the standards we are holding this staging newsroom to.

What we publish

We write original briefs. We do not copy other newsrooms’ articles, and we do not invent events, quotes, vote totals or dates. If we cannot point to a public record, an official release, or another named source, we wait.

How we name sources

Official documents, meeting agendas, National Weather Service forecasts and agency news releases are linked in the story. When a fact is still unofficial — election results before a canvass, for example — we say so.

Corrections

If we get a fact wrong, we correct it in the story and add a dated correction note describing the change. A typo that does not change the meaning may be fixed quietly. A wrong date, name, title, number or allegation may not.

To ask for a correction, use the Contact page and tell us the headline, the date, and the fact you believe is wrong.

Independence

This preview is not paid for by the City of Scottsdale, Scottsdale Unified, or a tourism bureau. Links to official pages are citations, not endorsements. A newsletter, if we launch one, will be clearly labeled and will not be wired on this staging host until it is actually ready.