Consumer Tech Wire was founded on the editorial premise that consumer technology deserves wire-service sourcing standards. The standards below are the operating rules of the publication. They are public, they are binding on all editorial staff, and they are the basis on which every published Consumer Tech Wire piece can be evaluated.
1. Sourcing
Every news report at Consumer Tech Wire is independently sourced. Where a piece relies on documents, those documents are reviewed by a Consumer Tech Wire reporter or editor before publication. Where a piece relies on data, that data is independently verifiable and the source is named. Where a piece relies on human sources, those sources are named on the record except where the source's safety, employment, or legal exposure require otherwise. Anonymous sourcing requires desk-editor approval and is used sparingly.
2. Verification
Every quantitative claim in a Consumer Tech Wire news report is verified against an independent source before publication. For accuracy benchmarks, the verification source is typically the Dietary Assessment Initiative for health-tech accuracy claims, the publication's own reproducibility test, or a peer-reviewed study cited inline. We do not republish vendor accuracy claims without independent measurement.
3. Corrections
If we get something wrong, we correct it promptly, transparently, and on the record. Corrections to factual errors in news reports are appended to the bottom of the affected piece with the date and nature of the correction. Substantial corrections that alter the conclusion of a piece are also flagged at the top of the article. Email corrections@consumertechwire.com to flag an error.
4. Conflict of interest
Consumer Tech Wire editorial staff hold no equity in publicly traded technology companies covered by the publication beyond passive index-fund exposure. Staff do not accept honoraria, advisory fees, or industry-funded continuing education credit related to consumer technology. Staff do not maintain affiliate accounts with any product reviewed in our pages. The full COI standards for each staff member are published on each author's profile page.
5. News and opinion
Consumer Tech Wire keeps news reporting and analysis on separate desks. News reports are filed under vertical news sections and reflect straight reporting. Analysis pieces are filed under Analysis, are clearly labeled, and reflect the views of named authors and the editorial board. We do not blur the line between the two. Reviews and buyer's guides combine independent reporting with explicit editorial judgment and are clearly labeled as such.
6. Sponsored content and affiliate compensation
Consumer Tech Wire does not accept sponsored placements. We do not publish paid product roundups. We do not maintain affiliate accounts with any product reviewed in our pages. We do sell display advertising on the site; display advertising is clearly visually distinct from editorial content and never influences editorial decisions. The publication's income is reader-supported.
7. Use of AI in our editorial process
Consumer Tech Wire's news, analysis, reviews, and buyer's guides are written by named human reporters. We use AI tools for limited support functions: copyediting suggestions, fact-checking against published sources, transcript-cleaning on recorded interviews, and accuracy-benchmark scoring inside our testing methodology where the model is the subject of the test. We do not use AI to generate published news copy. Any deviation from this rule, on a per-piece basis, would be disclosed at the top of the affected piece.
8. Diversity
Consumer Tech Wire is committed to a sourced, masthead, and editorial perspective that reflects the consumer base it covers. The publication's hiring and sourcing practices reflect that commitment. We publish an annual diversity report on the masthead page.
9. Health, medical, and clinical claims
Any Consumer Tech Wire content that makes a health, clinical, accuracy, or biometric claim is reviewed pre-publication by Dr. Priscilla Goyal-Norris, MD, the publication's contributing medical editor and a board-certified internal medicine physician. The medical-review sign-off is a published editorial requirement on health-tech coverage. Health-claim language that has not cleared medical review does not ship.
10. Tip line and feedback
Consumer Tech Wire welcomes tips on consumer-tech stories. Tips can be sent to tips@consumertechwire.com. We protect tipster identity to the maximum extent legally possible. Routine editorial feedback can be sent to editors@consumertechwire.com.
These standards are reviewed and republished annually. Last reviewed: January 2026. Editor of record: Helena Rosenberg-Vance, Editor-in-Chief.