Standards
Editorial standards
Briefs are summaries and context, written in our own words, with one visible link to the outlet or filing they come from.
Sources
A published brief names the publisher and links to the original story or filing. The source is stored with the article. Trade-press items are leads until they are rewritten into that structure and published. The RSS text is not the brief.
Prefer a primary source, such as a company release or an SEC filing, when one is available. When the only source is another newsroom, the brief says so and links to it.
Numbers
Every statistic in a published brief or in NNN Numbers has to cite a saved source. That means the source name, a link, and the date the figure applies to.
- Do not invent a number, a cap rate, a deal count, or a subscriber count.
- Do not type a fallback rate when the live series is missing. Hide the figure.
- A calculated figure, such as a cap rate minus the 10-year Treasury, is labeled calculated and the inputs are the saved sources.
- A hypothetical example has to be labeled hypothetical. It is not market data.
- Price, cap rate, and other deal terms that the source does not state are shown as not disclosed.
Bylines and drafts
The byline is NNN Triple Net Staff. Briefs that were drafted with a model carry this line: "Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed against the original source." Publishing stores the source link with the article. A brief does not go live as a public page while its status is still a candidate.
Corrections
When a published brief is wrong, the fix is made in the article and a note with a timestamp is added on the story. The same note is listed on the corrections page. Send corrections to hello@nnntriplenet.com.
Ads and tools
A link to ScoreOM is labeled ScoreOM. It is a tool for screening an offering memorandum, not a news brief. Paid placements, if any are added later, have to be labeled as paid. Editorial briefs are not written as ads.