Borderfire Report: Editorial Policy
The editorial guidelines published here are for the benefit of the Borderfire Report readers and contributors. These guidelines are used by Borderfire Report in the ongoing effort to maintain a site that provides its audience with relevant, high-quality, independent journalism and is dedicated to raising public awareness.
We strongly encourage regular contributors to do their best to understand these guidelines. Following them will help us all make a better news website. It will also help to minimize wasted time and energy for contributors and editors alike. Feedback, comments and suggestions are always welcome. We are always looking for ways to improve this website and the process which makes collaboration possible. Please direct your feedback to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Rights to Material and Responsibility for Contents
The author is solely responsible for content of their submission.
Original content is always preferred and articles posted which consist solely of material copied directly from another website may be removed at Borderfire Report’s sole discretion.
Though Borderfire Report is entitled to fair use of copyrighted material, it may be removed in certain cases where the copyright holder challenges Borderfire Report’s republication.
Authors should always strive to credit their sources when possible, especially in the case of direct quotes, unless the source has spoken on the condition of anonymity. Crediting sources helps to build credibility and keeps readers better informed. Obvious breach of copyright and attempts to discredit regular contributors by posting erroneous material in their name will not be tolerated.
General Etiquette on Borderfire Report.
Contributors shall remain respectful of each other and Borderfire Report readership. Borderfire Report encourages debate, but please keep arguments on topic and focused on the points of disagreement.
No defamatory, obscene, or malicious material may be submitted. Nor may any material submitted include hate speech, vitriol, or links to obscene and pornographic sites, or sites with information you know, or have reason to know, is false.
Formatting and Style
Use normal capitalization rules. Posts which contain excessive capitalization are difficult to read and may be removed.
Headlines and article titles should use normal capitalization rules, as though they are a sentence without a period at the end.
If you publish your article with HTML, please do it with care. Publishing articles with some simple HTML formatting can more clearly organize the ideas presented and make the article easier to read. Excessive use of various font colors and sizes make the content difficult to read.
If you have doubts about your formatting or a style question, try consulting other articles to see if there is an obvious standard.
Categorization of Content
Borderfire Report has chosen to categorize its content along similar lines as other news organizations. News content is categorized by the editors according to topics.
Benefits
You'll be listed as one of our writers on our Author's Page and on the front page.
You'll also be assigned an individual author page that includes your name and bio above your articles.
You retain the copyright for your articles
You can write articles that include links to your favorite websites
Our list of current categories include news and features:
International News
U.S. Mexican Border News
National News
Mexico news
National Illegal and legal Immigration News
Local Immigration News
Political News
Immigration Opinion and Editorials
North American Union
Trans-Texas Corridor
Immigration Events,
Press Releases,
Announcements
The most relevant, best written and well composed original content has the greatest chance of becoming a headline, and headlines are the most widely read articles on our website. As always, please direct your feedback and comments directly to us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
