Global English Editing is a professional editing company. That background shapes how we approach everything we publish. We apply the same standards of accuracy, clarity, and sourcing to our blog that we bring to editing academic papers and manuscripts for our clients.
This page explains what we cover, how our articles are produced, and how we maintain quality.
What We Cover
Global English Editing covers writing, language, reading, and the human side of communication — how people express ideas, understand one another, and connect through words. Our work sits at the intersection of the craft of writing and the very human reasons it is hard. In practice, everything we publish falls into five editorial categories:
- Writing & Editing — how to write clearly, argue persuasively, and express ideas with precision: the craft of writing and the skills behind it.
- Creative Process — the working experience of writing: habits, drafting, revision, perfectionism, procrastination, and creative blocks.
- Communication — how we express ourselves and understand others in writing and conversation, and what our words reveal.
- Language & Intelligence — vocabulary, nonverbal cues, and what language reveals about how we think.
- Reading & Books — reading habits, literary culture, and the books that shape how we write and think.
The test we apply to any topic is simple: does it help someone understand or improve how they communicate? Where we explore psychology or behaviour, it is always in service of that question — why feedback lands badly, why we misread tone, what our word choices reveal — and it draws on published research, never standalone self-help.
What We Don’t Cover
Some topics sit outside that thread, and we don’t publish them even when they would attract traffic:
- Freestanding self-help and lifestyle content — relationship advice, dating, careers, money, wellbeing, productivity systems, or “behaviours of people who…” listicles that aren’t anchored to communication, language, or writing.
- Clinical and medical topics — mental-health diagnoses, treatment, trauma and recovery, therapy, medication, or other health interventions. These require qualifications an editorial team doesn’t have. If you’re dealing with a mental-health concern, please consult a qualified professional.
When a topic sits near that line, we tie it explicitly back to communication and lean on published research rather than personal prescription.
How Articles Are Produced
Every article begins with a topic that our editorial team believes is worth covering. We don’t publish for the sake of volume. If something doesn’t meet a real reader need or add something to the existing conversation, it doesn’t get written.
For communication and behavioral content, this means consulting peer-reviewed research, established frameworks, and reputable sources. For content rooted in personal or professional experience, it means drawing on that experience honestly alongside relevant evidence. Writers are expected to understand the subject matter they are covering, not just summarise search results.
Once drafted, articles go through an editorial review process. This involves checking factual claims, verifying sources, improving clarity, and ensuring the piece reads well. We look for unsupported assertions, broken logic, and anything that could mislead a reader.
Sourcing and Attribution
When we cite research, statistics, or expert findings, we link to the original source wherever possible. This means linking to the published study, the institution, or the primary report rather than to a secondary summary or news article about it.
We favour sources from established institutions: university research departments, peer-reviewed journals, recognised health organisations, and credible news outlets. If a claim can’t be adequately sourced, we either reframe it as opinion, attribute it clearly, or remove it.
Not everything we write is research-based. Many of our articles draw on the personal experience and professional backgrounds of our writing team. When that’s the case, the article makes it clear. We don’t dress up personal opinion as scientific fact.
Our Writing Team
The blog is led by Global English Editing’s two chief editors and co-founders, Brendan Brown and Graeme Brown, who set its editorial direction and review articles before publication. Other members of the founding Brown family — Jeanette Brown, Lachlan Brown, and Justin Brown — contribute as writers. They’re supported by a wider team of writers with backgrounds across editing, education, psychology, and communication.
Writers are assigned to topics that match their knowledge and experience. A writer covering the psychology of communication or creative blocks has a background in psychology or education. A writer covering professional and workplace dynamics draws on direct experience in those contexts. We don’t ask people to write outside their area.
You can learn more about the editors who oversee this site on our Masthead page.
Corrections
We make mistakes. When we do, we fix them.
If an article contains a factual error, an incorrect statistic, or a broken source link, we update it. For significant corrections, we note the change at the bottom of the article so readers know it’s been amended. Minor fixes like typos or formatting issues are corrected without annotation.
We also run regular quality checks across our published content. Articles are periodically reviewed for accuracy, and outdated information is updated or flagged. This is especially important for communication and behavioral content, where research evolves.
If you spot an error in any of our articles, please let us know. You can reach us through our contact page or read our full Corrections Policy.
Our Editorial Commitments
We don’t accept payment for editorial coverage. No article on this blog is sponsored or paid for by a third party. If we recommend a product, service, or resource, it’s because our writers actually use it or believe it’s worth recommending.
Our writers write about what they know. The bios on our Masthead describe each person’s actual background and qualifications.
Use of AI Tools
We use AI tools as part of our publishing workflow. AI assists with research, source discovery, drafting, fact-checking support, and post-publication quality audits including broken-link scans and source verification.
Human editors review, fact-check, and approve all content prior to publication. The editors responsible for this work, along with their backgrounds, are listed on our Masthead.
AI does not make editorial decisions — it does not choose what we cover, what angle a story takes, or what gets published. Those decisions are made by our editors, and editorial responsibility for accuracy rests with Global English Editing.
AI is used as a research and drafting aid. All factual claims, sources, and bylines reflect genuine editorial work.
Contributors and Pen Names
Some articles on this blog are published under contributor pen names. Pen names represent real members of our editorial team or freelance contributors writing under chosen names. Where a pen name is in use, articles published under it are produced by our editorial team and editorial responsibility for them rests with Global English Editing.
Network Editorial Standards
Global English Editing’s editorial blog is part of the Brown Brothers Media network. Our standards are part of a broader editorial framework that applies across the Brown Brothers Media network of publications.
As part of adopting this framework, we have reviewed older content on the site and, where it did not reflect our current standards, updated or retired it. We have also updated how authorship is presented and disclosed AI tools used in our workflow.
See the Brown Brothers Media editorial framework for the full picture. For questions, contact editorial@brownbrothers.io.
Last updated: June 2026