Editorial Standards
Our team’s priority is to provide you with accurate, useful, and interesting information about your health—which we know is an incredibly important and sensitive topic. We take our responsibility to you, our audience, very seriously.
Here are the principles that guide our work:
Editorially independent
Doing Well is produced by Arizona State University Media Enterprise and Learning Enterprise, as a part of ASU Health.
We’re an editorially independent team of journalists and health professionals, and we feature experts and research from both inside and outside the university. Our team also includes several talented ASU students. Our project is a journalistic one—not a marketing or public relations effort. The content we produce does not represent an official statement, policy, or perspective from Arizona State University.
You may occasionally see that we’re supported by an advertiser or a sponsor. Producing Doing Well takes time and resources, and advertisers and sponsors ensure that we can bring you the solutions-oriented content we’re committed to. Sponsors and advertisers are not involved in our editorial process, and they never tell us what we can or can’t publish. A sponsor or advertiser may support an editorial series on an umbrella topic—for example, metabolic health. But that sponsor doesn’t tell us what or who should be included in that series—that’s all up to us. We do not feature advertisements for specific products.
Please note: This newsletter, and all Doing Well content, is provided for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute providing medical advice or professional services. Neither the publisher of this newsletter, nor its employees, nor any contributor to this newsletter, makes any representations, express or implied, with respect to the information provided herein or to its use.
Human-driven
Our content is written, edited, illustrated, and reviewed by human beings—you can read their bios here.
We believe artificial intelligence is a tool that can help empower human work when used responsibly, and we also believe that its use shouldn’t be kept behind a curtain. When A.I. is used, we’ll tell you where, how, and why.
Currently, we use A.I. to write alt text for images and illustrations. All text is reviewed by our editors.
Transparent and constantly improving
Doing Well has an open-door policy, and we know that trust is earned. We believe in a process of relentless iteration and continuous improvement. We do our best to be as transparent as possible about our process, goals, and team. We’re not perfect, and when we make mistakes, we will acknowledge them as quickly and openly as possible, and endeavor to correct them. Feel free to reach out to doingwell@asu.edu with any questions or suggestions.