At Lagepunkt, every article you read is the product of a chain of human decisions grounded in verifiable sources. This page sets out the principles, processes and people behind that chain — and explains how you, as a reader, can hold us to account.
What do we rely on day to day?
We rely on a hierarchy of sources, with primary official documents at the top: parliamentary records, court rulings, corporate filings and statistical data from agencies such as Statistics Sweden. Where primary sources are not accessible, we name our secondary sources and explain their reliability. Every factual claim is attributed to a named source.
Our journalists cultivate direct relationships with contacts inside Swedish ministries, agencies, municipalities and businesses, and those relationships are disclosed to editors. Anonymous sourcing is reserved for cases where the source faces genuine risk and the information is of clear public interest; the reason for anonymity is stated in the article. We do not pay sources for information. Every story published on lagepunkt.de is backed by a source list that the assigning editor has reviewed before publication. We also monitor Swedish government press conferences, Riksdag committee hearings and regulatory announcements in real time, and we subscribe to the official news feeds of relevant authorities to ensure we capture developments as they happen.
Who is responsible for what we publish?
Thomas Kuhn, our Chefredaktör, has overall responsibility for everything we publish. He is supported by a named editorial team: Maria Müller leads the newsroom, Niklas Zimmermann oversees politics coverage, Johanna Fuchs covers economics, Maximilian Roth handles culture and society, and Lisa Schumacher runs fact-checking. Each writer is accountable for their own copy.
Maria Müller, as Redaktionschef, commissions stories and reviews every headline before it goes live. Niklas Zimmermann, Politikredaktör, is responsible for coverage of the Riksdag, the government and municipal politics. Johanna Fuchs, Wirtschaftreporter, handles economic and market reporting. Maximilian Roth, Kultur- och samhällsredaktör, leads culture, lifestyle and society coverage. Lisa Schumacher, Ansvarig för faktagranskning, supervises source verification and corrections. Every piece is reviewed by an editor and checked by a fact-checker before publication. You can meet the full team on our /our-team/ page, where each editor’s area of responsibility is listed alongside their direct contact details.
How do we verify what we publish?
Verification begins before a story is assigned. Our reporters cross-check every factual claim against multiple independent records and flag uncertainty to their editor. Lisa Schumacher’s fact-checking team then examines every article for accuracy, source attribution and logical consistency before publication.
Where AI-assisted tools are used — for research, transcription, formatting or headline options — the output is treated as a draft that a human editor must approve. Our /ai-automation-policy/ page details the boundaries of those tools. We never publish a quote, statistic or claim that cannot be traced to a named, verifiable source. If a source declines to be named, we evaluate the information’s reliability and public-interest value before proceeding. For any article that involves financial data, technical claims or legal interpretation, we seek independent expert review before publication.
What you can expect from us
You can expect every article to name its writer, cite transparent sources, and be reviewed by an editor and a fact-checker before publication. Sponsored content is clearly labelled. Commercial relationships never determine editorial conclusions. Mistakes are corrected promptly and openly.
You can expect sponsored or commercial material to be clearly labelled in accordance with the policy set out on our /advertising-affiliate-disclosure/ page. You can expect that our editorial conclusions are never determined by commercial relationships — our /ownership-funding/ page explains who pays for what and how funding is governed. You can expect that every correction is published as a visible notice on the corrected article, and that significant errors are accompanied by an editor’s note. We do not delete articles to hide mistakes; if a story is retracted, the original text remains accessible with a clear explanation of why it was removed.
How do we handle mistakes?
We treat corrections as a core editorial responsibility. If you believe we have published an error, email corrections@lagepunkt.de. Our team investigates promptly and, if the error is confirmed, appends a clear correction notice to the article explaining what was wrong and what has been fixed.
Material errors — those that change the meaning of a story — are corrected promptly and flagged in the article’s metadata. If a correction raises broader questions about an article’s reliability, we may publish a separate editor’s note or, in rare cases, retract the piece. All corrections are logged and reviewed by Thomas Kuhn. You can submit a correction request via our /about-us/contact/ page, and we aim to acknowledge every request within one working day. Our full approach is detailed in our /corrections-policy/.
How to challenge our reporting
If you believe our reporting is inaccurate, unfair or incomplete, start by contacting the reporter or editor named in the story. If you are not satisfied with the response, escalate to Maria Müller or to Thomas Kuhn. Our full process is set out in our complaints procedure.
You can email the newsdesk at newsdesk@lagepunkt.de or use the contact details listed on each editor’s profile on our /our-team/ page. We will respond substantively, not with form letters, and will tell you what action we have taken. If the challenge points to an error, we correct it. If it points to a gap in our coverage, we consider whether a follow-up story is warranted. If you remain dissatisfied after our final response, our /complaints-procedure/ page explains the next steps, including any independent avenue of review.
Questions or concerns?
If you have a question about our sources or standards that is not answered here, please get in touch. General inquiries go to info@lagepunkt.de. Fact-checking questions go to factcheck@lagepunkt.de. Complaints follow the process on our complaints-procedure page.
For editorial matters, you can reach Maria Müller directly at maria.muller@lagepunkt.de. For questions about funding or commercial relationships, contact publisher@lagepunkt.de. We welcome scrutiny of our work — it makes us better journalists. Every email is read by a human, and we aim to reply within two working days.