Diversity Policy

What Diversity Means for Our Coverage

People affected by public policy, housing, schools, business decisions, transportation, healthcare, employment and other subjects may have different experiences and needs.

Considering relevant professional, geographic and lived perspectives can help identify missing context and reduce one-sided assumptions.

Source Diversity

Farmington Voice seeks to:

• Use primary sources where appropriate;
• Seek qualified or knowledgeable sources when specialized context is required;
• Avoid depending on the same type of source for every perspective;
• Consider affected communities where relevant;
• Distinguish evidence from opinion or advocacy.

Audience Awareness

Farmington Voice primarily serves readers in Farmington, Farmington Hills, Oakland County and Michigan.

Our content should be understandable to general readers while providing enough sourcing and context to remain useful to professionals, researchers and more informed readers.

Fair and Precise Language

We aim to avoid unnecessary stereotypes, sensationalism and terminology that materially distorts the facts.

Health, mental-health, legal, financial and safety topics require additional care around stigma, diagnosis, treatment claims, legal conclusions and financial outcomes.

Coverage Gaps

Farmington Voice may review reader feedback, search trends, source availability and editorial priorities to identify topics that need clearer or broader coverage.

Contributors and Experts

Farmington Voice may seek input from contributors, experts or knowledgeable sources when a topic requires additional context.

The publication does not currently claim a permanent internal panel of specialist medical, legal or financial reviewers.

Reader Feedback

Readers may suggest sources, flag missing context, report language concerns or propose relevant topics at contact@farmingtonvoice.com.

Limits of This Policy

This policy does not mean every article will include every possible perspective. Editorial judgment depends on relevance, evidence, sourcing and reader value.