USA Times
The newsroom.
USA Times is a New York–based news publication covering the city, its business, its politics, and the people who actually run it. Our reporting is built by working New Yorkers, not career journalists in midtown bureaus.
Editorial leadership
Contributors
Our contributors are working New Yorkers — drivers, restaurant workers, residents, business owners — who write about what they see and do. They are not full-time staff. They are credible witnesses with bylines.
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How we work
USA Times is a hybrid newsroom. Most of our reporting begins with a contributor who saw something firsthand and decided to write about it. Drafts are reviewed and edited by the Executive Editor before publication. Every fact in every story is the responsibility of a named human, not a software process. We use AI tools to assist with transcription, copy editing, and research — never to write stories or invent facts. The full procedures are in our Ethics Policy and Editorial Standards.
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Our standards, in brief
- Accuracy first. We verify before we publish.
- Independence. No gifts, paid travel, or other benefits from sources. Stories are not for sale.
- Named sources whenever possible. Anonymity is granted only when the source faces credible harm and we have independent corroboration.
- Transparent corrections. When we are wrong, we say what we got wrong, when, and how we fixed it. Corrections stay on the page forever.
- Disclose conflicts. Writers covering a person, business, or organization they have a relationship with disclose it or step aside.
- Human responsibility. A named human edits and approves everything we publish. AI assists; AI does not author.
The full versions: Editorial Standards · Ethics Policy · Sources & Anonymity · Corrections.