Writing that holds up under scrutiny
This is where editing journalistic texts gets examined closely — the decisions behind word choice, the logic of structure, and the discipline of accuracy. Each piece here comes from working through real texts, not abstract principles.
From the archive — news feed portal, craft and process
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Data Accuracy
Journalism Editing
Numbers in News Articles: What Beginners Get Wrong
Quick tips for editing statistics in news writing
A quick guide to spotting and fixing data errors in journalistic writing before they reach your readers.
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Data Literacy
Journalism Editing
You Cannot Edit a Data Story Without Reading the Chart First
How to edit data-driven news articles as a beginner
Beginners often edit the text around a chart without looking at the chart itself. Here is why that causes problems and how to fix the habit.
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Survey Analysis
Journalism Editing
Survey Data in News Articles: A Beginner Editing Checklist
Practical tips for spotting survey errors in news copy
Survey statistics appear in journalism constantly and get misrepresented just as often. Here is what to look for when editing them.
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What editing a news feed portal actually involves
A news feed portal moves at a pace that leaves little room for second drafts. Editors working in that environment deal with source verification, headline compression, and factual consistency — often simultaneously. The craft is less about polish and more about precision under pressure.
The pieces on this blog examine those decisions in detail: where a sentence loses its claim to accuracy, how a headline shifts meaning through word order, and what separates a clear correction from an editorial overreach. These are not theoretical problems — they appear in published text regularly.
Source discipline
Attribution errors are among the most common problems in rapidly published news. A single misattributed claim can alter the entire reading of a piece, regardless of how accurate the surrounding text is.
Headline logic
Headlines are not summaries — they are arguments. The word order, verb choice, and subject placement each carry editorial weight that affects how readers interpret the story before reading a single sentence.
Structural clarity
Journalistic structure follows a logic that differs from other writing forms. Knowing where to cut, what to move, and what the reader needs first is a skill built through close reading of many texts — not through rules alone.
A single perspective, examined carefully
tiwenoi is a personal blog focused on editing journalistic texts. The writing here reflects one editor's observations — specific cases, particular choices, and the reasoning behind them. There are no editorial guidelines presented as universal truth, only documented experience. If you are working through similar questions about text, accuracy, or structure in journalism, some of what is written here may be useful.
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