Responsible newsroom tools
AI and automation policy
How BCPost uses automation in private newsroom workflows while keeping publication standards in force.
BCPost may use software and artificial intelligence tools to assist private newsroom workflows. Automation does not replace editorial responsibility.
What automation may assist
Automated systems may collect configured public feeds, normalize source metadata, identify possible duplicates, suggest British Columbia relevance, propose taxonomy or developing-story relationships, prepare draft text, and run consistency checks.
What automation may not decide alone
Tools must not invent facts, quotations, dates, authors, statistics, eyewitness accounts, or source access. Sensitive stories, unresolved claims, low-confidence classifications, policy exceptions, and material corrections require human review. Public reader requests do not trigger article generation.
Source-grounded drafting
Drafting prompts require original wording, explicit attribution, and use of supplied facts only. Synonym replacement, keyword padding, and the artificial expansion of short source items are prohibited. A separate verification step can flag unsupported claims, but it does not establish that a source itself is true.
Publication controls
Every article passes deterministic quality and source-policy checks. Automatic publication is disabled by default and can occur only when the global setting, source rule, confidence thresholds, verification state, and review gates all permit it.
Transparency and accountability
Published articles show a byline, publication time, material update time when applicable, and source attribution. Processing records remain private, while revisions and review decisions remain available to authorized newsroom staff for audit and correction.