Editorial QA System for News Editors
Systematic copy review to ensure story clarity, accuracy, and compliance before publication
What You Can Do
You can conduct comprehensive editorial QA on news stories by analyzing readability, fact-checking claims, verifying style compliance, and identifying gaps before publication. Claude reviews your story against your editorial standards, flags potential accuracy issues, and suggests revisions for clarity—helping you catch errors and ensure consistency across all sections. This accelerates your review cycle while maintaining rigorous editorial standards.
Features
Score story readability, identify overly complex sentences, and suggest clearer alternatives for your target audience level.
Review claims in the story for potential factual issues, identify unsupported assertions, and flag statements requiring source verification.
Validate the story against your publication's editorial standards, style guide, and compliance policies.
Catch grammar errors, tense inconsistencies, passive voice overuse, and ensure aligned tone throughout the narrative.
Verify all claims are properly sourced, identify statements lacking attribution, and flag anonymous sources needing editor review.
Confirm headlines accurately reflect the story, check ledes deliver the most newsworthy angle, and verify key facts appear in opening paragraphs.
Flag language that may be insensitive or require editorial review for accuracy and fairness in reporting on protected classes or controversial topics.
Categorize findings by severity (must-fix critical errors, should-fix improvements, nice-to-fix refinements) to streamline your review workflow.
Example Output
Editorial QA Report: "Local Tech Startup Raises Series B Funding"
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✅ Readability: Grade 8 level (target audience ✓)
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⚠️ Critical Issues:
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Paragraph 3: "The company, which was founded in 2018 by Stanford alums who previously worked at Google, recently completed..." — sentence exceeds 40 words. Consider breaking into two sentences.
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Paragraph 5: Claim "largest round in the region" — requires verification or attribution to CEO/press release
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⚠️ Style Inconsistencies:
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Used both "CEO Sarah Chen" (para 2) and "Ms. Chen" (para 7) — normalize references throughout
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Passive voice: "$5M was raised" (para 4) → suggest "The startup raised $5M"
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✅ Source Attribution: All quotes properly attributed ✓
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✅ Compliance: No trademark/legal red flags detected ✓
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💡 Suggestions:
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Move Series B amount higher (lede currently buries key fact)
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Expand context: What problem does the company solve?
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Verify founding year matches LinkedIn company profile
What's Included
- Copy Review Workflow: Step-by-step editorial QA checklist covering readability, fact-checking, compliance, and consistency.
- Editorial Standards Template: Customizable template for defining your publication's house style, tone, compliance rules, and QA priorities.
- Issue Severity Framework: Categorization system (Critical/Should-Fix/Nice-to-Fix) to prioritize revisions and streamline editor workflow.
- Multi-Story Batch Review: Ability to review multiple stories in one session and generate comparative reports for consistency across coverage areas.
- Fact-Check Guidance: Framework for identifying claims requiring verification, suggesting verification sources, and flagging unsupported assertions.
Who It's For
- News editors managing pre-publication review workflows
- Copy editors ensuring consistency and clarity across multiple contributors
- Editorial directors maintaining publication standards and compliance
- Publishing coordinators coordinating QA for content teams
- Quality assurance specialists in newsrooms and digital publications
Best For
- Pre-publication copy review for breaking news and feature stories
- Multi-contributor story approval and consistency validation
- Editorial compliance verification against house style and policies
- Readability and clarity improvement for target audience
- Fact-check prioritization and source attribution verification
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