Standards.

Independence

Inclusion in a Shout NY guide cannot be bought. Venues, brands and publicists do not review or approve our coverage before it runs.

How Shout NY is made

Shout NY is a small editorial operation that uses software, including AI models, to help research and draft its guides and stories. Every piece is built from public sources (venue and organizer sites, official listings, and recent reporting) and cites them on the page.

Before a piece publishes it has to pass automated checks: at least three independent sources, dates and details that match those sources, official links that resolve to the real venue, and our house style. Pieces that fail are revised or dropped. Each new piece is then sent to the editor the day it runs, and anything that falls short is corrected or taken down.

Verification

We check the details we print (address, neighborhood, what a place serves, price range) against official and recent sources, and event dates come from organizers. When something is uncertain, we say so.

Updates

New York changes fast. We review guides on a rolling basis and mark them with an updated date when we change them. Closed places come out.

Sponsored content

Any paid partnership is labeled clearly as sponsored or presented by, at the top of the page. Our editorial team does not write advertising copy disguised as reporting.

Affiliate links

Some links on Shout NY, including links to Amazon and Expedia, are affiliate links: if you buy something, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Affiliate relationships never decide what we recommend, and venues cannot pay to be included.

Images

Lead photographs on Shout NY are real, licensed photos, credited on the page with their license. We do not use AI-generated images. When we cannot find a good licensed photo, a piece runs without one.

Corrections

If we get something wrong, we fix it and update the date on the story. Send corrections to hello@shoutny.com.