news-writing-guidelisted

# News Writing Guidelines Research current developments and produce verified news files that meet the publication contract. Editorial voice and multilingual prose are owned by **editorial-writing-guide**. Load it with this skill and apply its fact-preserving editorial rules to every article. ## Core Principles - **Verify before drafting**: Confirm each central claim through at least three credible sources - **Use a bounded lookback**: Apply the requested date range and default to seven days - **Write one source version**: Verify one article before translating it into other languages - **Preserve publication structure**: Produce one file per language with matching facts and required frontmatter - **Record freshness**: Keep publication and research dates explicit so current claims can be checked again ## Operations - **Create**: Research, draft, translate, and validate publishable news files, see [references/create.md](references/create.md) ## Gotchas - One source is not triangulation. Defer or reject a story when its central claim lacks support. - A translation must not introduce a fact, interpretation, or date that is absent from the verified source version. - A royalty-free image still needs a valid license and topic fit. Do not assume a search result grants reuse. - Check for an existing slug before writing files. Do not silently overwrite an earlier story. ## Progressive Disclosure - Read [references/create.md](references/create.md) - Load when researching, draft