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Editorial Policy

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This document explains how This Long Island sources, verifies, and publishes content. We publish it because Long Island readers deserve to know how the recommendations they read are produced.

Our editorial standards

Independence

We do not accept payment for editorial coverage. Sponsored content, when it exists, is clearly labeled as such with a Sponsored badge. We do not allow advertisers, sponsors, or affiliate partners to influence what we cover or how we rank events.

We have a structural separation between editorial and business. The Editors do not see affiliate revenue data when planning coverage. Sponsorship contracts include explicit no-editorial-influence clauses.

Verification

For every event listing:

  • We verify the event exists at the source (venue website, organizer site, ticketing platform)
  • We cross-check the date, time, venue, and price across at least two sources where possible
  • For premium-tier featured events, we verify with the organizer directly

For editorial content (guides, town spotlights, venue reviews):

  • At least one editor has been to the venue or attended the event we're recommending, OR
  • The recommendation is based on documented, reliable secondary sources, clearly disclosed

Sourcing

Our event listings are sourced from a combination of:

  • Direct submissions via our submission form
  • Eventbrite, Bandsintown, Ticketmaster + Live Nation feeds
  • Long Island library system event calendars
  • Venue websites (Jones Beach Theater, Mulcahy's, The Paramount, etc.)
  • LongIsland.com event listings (facts only — descriptions are rewritten in our voice)
  • Town and village event calendars
  • Press releases from PR contacts and event organizers

We do not republish copyrighted event descriptions verbatim. All descriptions on This Long Island are written or substantively rewritten by The Editors.

Voice + writing

We aim for warm, confident, direct prose — like a smart friend who lives on Long Island. We avoid clichés (no "hidden gems," no "must-sees," no "located in the heart of"). We use specific details over vague claims. We assume the reader is intelligent and short on time.

Some scrum-style decisions get made about voice by an editor reading drafts; some get enforced by an automated content linter at publish time. Both layers exist.

AI use

We use AI tools in our workflow:

  • Anthropic Claude for first-draft event descriptions and weekly newsletter drafts, which an editor then reviews and approves before publication
  • Image generation for hero images where licensed photography isn't available (these are flagged in our image source metadata)

We do not publish AI-generated content unreviewed. Every piece of editorial content on the site has been read and approved by at least one human editor. We disclose when content uses AI tools as part of its production.

Our bylines

Bylines on This Long Island fall into three categories:

  • The Editors — a single byline used for content where attribution to a desk doesn't apply
  • Editorial desks — pseudonymous bylines (e.g., "Annie Tanger" for nightlife, "Marisol Rivera" for family) used for sectional continuity while we recruit permanent named contributors. Read more about how desk bylines work.
  • Named contributors — once we have real named contributors writing under their own names, they'll appear here

Corrections

We get things wrong. When we do, we want to know. Email corrections@thislongisland.com with the URL and the error.

For corrections:

  • Factual errors (wrong date, wrong price, etc.) get corrected and we note "Updated [date]" on the page
  • Substantive errors (the event was cancelled, the venue closed) get a top-of-article correction note
  • If a correction affects the headline or core claim, we'll note it in the next newsletter

Unpublishing

We may unpublish content in limited circumstances:

  • The event was cancelled and not rescheduled
  • The venue closed permanently
  • We discovered the submission was fraudulent
  • A legal request (DMCA, court order, etc.) requires it

We do not unpublish content because a subject doesn't like how it's portrayed — even for sponsors. Editorial independence depends on this.

Conflicts of interest

This Long Island is part of a network of Long Island sites operated by Wolfe Services LLC, including:

When we link from This Long Island to JTNYLaw.com, we do so only in editorial contexts where the legal angle is genuinely useful to the reader (safety guides, what-to-do-if guides). We never publish legal advice. Any link to JTNYLaw is clearly an editorial choice — if you click through and become a client, that's a business outcome for our network, and we disclose the network relationship.

Reader rights

  • You have the right to know who wrote what you're reading. Every article has a byline.
  • You have the right to know how a recommendation was made. We disclose AI use, in-person attendance, and any financial connection.
  • You have the right to request a correction. Email us.
  • You have the right to be excluded. If you're a venue or organizer who doesn't want to be covered, let us know — we'll honor reasonable requests.

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