American Commerce Review Editorial Standards

American Commerce Review follows Meridian Review Group's common editorial standards and supplements them with a publication-specific research methodology.

Group-wide standards

The authoritative group policy covers sourcing and verification, corrections and updates, byline accountability, commercial independence, conflicts, market data and AI-assisted production. Rather than duplicating the same policy text across seven domains, the common standard is maintained centrally by the publisher.

Read the Meridian Review Group Editorial Standards.

What is specific to American Commerce Review

It does not add public incentives to private investment unless the figures are demonstrably non-overlapping, and it separates announced, awarded, permitted, under-construction and operating project stages.

Its core evidence base includes SEC filings, company investor material, BEA, BLS, the Federal Reserve, Commerce and Treasury data, state economic-development agencies and public incentive records.

The detailed American Commerce Review Research Methodology sets the title-specific rules for source hierarchy, datasets, project stages, geographic definitions, company classifications and review cadence.

Corrections and bylines

Substantive updates retain the original publication date and carry an accurate update date. Material factual corrections are explained visibly and recorded in the Corrections & Clarifications ledger. Named bylines are assigned according to the writer's beat, while Editorial Team bylines are reserved for work genuinely produced or maintained collectively by the desk.