Editorial Standards
See how IC Americas selects topics, researches and checks guides, uses AI-assisted tools, handles corrections, and keeps its editorial work independent.
Our mission
IC stands for Informed Choices. IC Americas is an independent online magazine that publishes practical, evergreen guides for readers in the United States. Our goal is to explain useful information clearly, so readers can understand a subject and make their own decisions.
These standards describe how our guides are chosen, researched, written and checked. They apply across the magazine, from Money & Career and Home & Garden to Food, Wellbeing, Outdoors, Hobbies & Arts, Travel & Culture and Relationships.
How we choose topics
We focus on subjects suited to practical, lasting guidance. We look for topics where clear explanations can help readers understand everyday choices, tasks, plans or questions. The aim is to publish material that remains useful beyond a passing headline, while recognizing that facts and guidance can change and that some subjects need updates.
Our eight sections give readers different ways to find guides. A topic may fit one section or touch on several. Whatever the subject, our goal is to make the information understandable and relevant to readers in the United States, without presenting general guidance as a personal recommendation.
How guides are researched and written
Guides are produced by the IC Americas editorial team with AI-assisted research and drafting. AI assistance is part of the work, but it does not replace the editorial checks required before publication. We do not present a guide as ready simply because a draft has been produced.
Every guide is checked against our editorial standards. Those checks cover accuracy against well-established guidance and official US sources, clarity, appropriate safety warnings, and the removal of invented facts, statistics, quotes, experts or testimonials. We also check that the guide communicates its limits, especially when a subject could affect a reader’s health, finances or legal situation.
Accuracy and sources
We check information against well-established guidance and official sources in the United States. Depending on the subject, those sources can include federal agencies, state agencies and university cooperative extension services. We do not add unsupported numbers or attribute statements to people who did not make them.
IC Americas intentionally does not link to other websites. When an official resource is relevant, we name it in plain text so readers can look it up directly. This is how the site handles outside resources: we identify them without sending readers to external pages. Readers should use the named source to confirm details that matter to their own circumstances, especially when guidance may vary by location or change over time.
Health, money and legal topics
Guides on health, money and legal subjects provide general information. They are not medical, financial, tax or legal advice, and they cannot account for every reader’s situation. A guide can help explain a topic, but it cannot determine what is right for an individual or replace advice from a qualified professional.
We take care to check these guides against well-established guidance and relevant official US sources. We also include safety warnings where they are appropriate. Readers should consider the guide’s limits and seek advice suited to their circumstances when a decision requires it.
Images
Most photographs on the site are AI-generated illustrations created for the guides. They do not depict real people, places or events. Treat them as illustrations, not as documentary evidence of a person, location or situation.
Independence and advertising
No company pays to be featured in IC Americas. The site has no sponsored content and no affiliate links at this time. If that ever changes, the material will be clearly labeled. Editorial decisions are not presented as paid endorsements.
Updates and corrections
Guides may need changes when an error is found or information changes. Errors are fixed promptly, and significant corrections are noted in the guide so readers can see that an important change was made.
If you spot an error or believe a guide needs attention, email the editors at icamericas.net@idax.email. Email is the only contact method. Please identify the guide and explain what you think should be reviewed. Reader messages help us identify possible corrections, and the editorial team reviews them.
For contact details and ways to reach the editors, visit the contact page.