Editorial Standards

Czech Business Review publishes analysis and reporting for readers who need the underlying number, filing or rule rather than the announcement. This page sets out how that work is selected, researched, checked, edited and corrected.

Topic selection

Stories are commissioned where a primary document, dataset or regulatory change exists that readers have to act on. We do not publish coverage in exchange for payment, and commercial partners never see copy before publication.

Sourcing and research

Figures are attributed in the body copy to their primary source — regulator and central-bank publications, company disclosures and filings, official statistical releases and named institutional research. Where a number comes from secondary analysis, we say so and name the analyst. Sources are listed with links at the foot of each article.

Fact-checking and editing

Every article is checked against its cited sources by an editor before publication. Material factual assertions — figures, dates, regulatory obligations and quoted statements — are verified against the primary document rather than against secondary coverage of it.

Analysis, reporting and commentary

We label what a piece is. News reporting states what happened and who said it. Analysis draws a conclusion from evidence set out in the same article. Commentary carries an identified author’s judgement. Forecasts and analyst consensus figures are always described as such and never presented as our own projections.

Use of data

Data presented alongside our writing is labelled with its status and, where applicable, its timeliness. Market figures published by our markets titles are labelled as illustrative or delayed and are never presented as a live trading feed.

AI-assisted tools

We use software tools, including AI-assisted tools, for research support, transcription, translation, summarisation of source documents and copy editing. Tool output is not published unverified: material factual assertions are checked by a human editor against the primary source before publication, and responsibility for every published article rests with the named byline and the editor who cleared it.

Contributors

Every article carries a byline that reflects who produced it. Staff writers, editors and freelance contributors are identified as such on their profile pages, along with their coverage areas and any relevant disclosure. Collaborative newsroom output — data briefs, corrections notices and multi-contributor explainers — is published under the publication’s editorial team byline rather than attributed to an individual.

Corrections

Substantive factual errors are corrected in place, the change is noted on the article and the last-updated date is moved. Report an error to editor@czechbusinessreview.com; please include the article URL and the specific statement in question.

Editorial locations

Our publications operate through editorial working locations in the markets we cover. Writers, contributors and editorial personnel may work across these locations while collaborating across the wider Meridian Review Group network. Czech Business Review maintains the following editorial working location: