Asia Tech Times publishes news and analysis on technology, business and innovation across Asia, for the people who make decisions about it — technology professionals, founders and investors. This page sets out the standards every piece we publish is held to.
Our mission and core values
Our mission is to deliver accurate, timely, and impactful news on the technology, business, and innovation sectors across Asia. From semiconductor supply chains and AI generation to enterprise software financing, we aim to be the definitive voice for tech professionals, founders, and investors.
Our editorial strategy is built on two pillars: uncompromising journalistic integrity and search-engine visibility. We do not sacrifice accuracy or human readability for clicks. Our goal is to ensure our high-quality reporting reaches the widest possible audience by naturally aligning with how readers search for information.
E-E-A-T: the foundation of our strategy
To build trust with both our audience and search engines, our reporting must consistently demonstrate Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness (E-E-A-T).
- Expertise and authoritativeness: writers must deeply understand their beats. Author bios are kept up to date, highlighting the writer's specific credentials, background and coverage areas.
- Originality (experience): we prioritise original reporting. We expect our journalists to talk to humans — to include direct quotes from founders, engineers and executives, and to provide on-the-ground insight from industry conferences.
- Trustworthiness: factual accuracy is non-negotiable. When we get something wrong we correct the article itself, and the date it was last changed is shown beneath its headline so a reader can see that it has been revised.
Headlines and discovery
Our headlines must strike the balance between journalistic clarity, reader curiosity and discoverability.
- Clarity over cleverness: the primary subject of the story is immediately clear in the headline. A reader looking for news on a specific company or technology should know instantly whether the article delivers it.
- No clickbait: deceptive headlines frustrate readers and damage our authority. The headline must accurately and honestly reflect the article's actual content.
- Summaries: every article carries a concise summary, which stands in for the article on social media and in search results and gives a reader a clear reason to read on.
Sourcing and linking
Proper attribution is the connective tissue of good journalism and the open web.
- Internal context: we connect reporting to the bigger picture, linking to relevant, older Asia Tech Times articles — a funding announcement to a previous piece about the company's origins, for instance.
- External attribution: we link out to original, high-authority sources. Where we reference a research paper, a filing, a court document or a press release, we provide a direct link to it, so a reader can verify the facts for themselves.
Visuals and media
Tech news relies heavily on visuals, from product renders to data charts.
- Contextual images: we use images that add genuine value to the story rather than generic stock photographs.
- Accessibility: every image carries accurate, descriptive alternative text describing what is in it — vital for readers using screen readers, and useful for discovery.
Plagiarism and the use of AI
All work must be entirely original. Syndicated, aggregated, or quoted news must explicitly credit and link to the original publication as early in the story as possible.
AI tools may be used by the editorial team strictly for administrative tasks — such as transcribing interviews, brainstorming headline variations, or translating raw data. Every piece published on Asia Tech Times must be researched, written, reviewed, and fact-checked by human journalists.
Corrections
If you think we have got something wrong, write to us through the contact page and say which article and which sentence. We correct the article itself rather than publishing a correction alongside it, and where an article has been changed since the day it was published, the date it was last changed is shown beneath its headline. The page therefore always reflects what we currently believe to be true, and always shows when that last changed.