At Divorce360.com, we will provide stories and tips on the emotional, legal and financial aspects that should be considered when a person is contemplating, obtaining or recovering from a divorce. Topics will range from how to know if you're ready to consider a divorce to determining custody once the paperwork is filed to planning your finances once you're single again to making your next marriage more successful. You'll be able to find a supportive online community who can help you through your struggle, experts who will answer your questions, and bloggers who will share their experience, plus updated news, investigative stories and advice content every day on the site.

The site will balance the sensitive nature of the topic and privacy issues with my long-time commitment to journalistic standards, given my 20-year career in newspapers as a reporter and an editor.  Truthfulness, accuracy, objectivity and fairness are the foundation of all information provided on this site. The "Guiding Principles for the Journalist," by Poynter Institute's Bob Steele, has provided a good guide for newspaper journalists and that guide will be used by journalists on this site as well. A copy is provided below.

Guiding Principles for the Journalist
By Bob Steele
Nelson Poynter Scholar for Journalism Values

Seek Truth and Report it as Fully as Possible
Inform yourself continuously so you in turn can inform, engage, and educate the public in a clear and compelling way on significant issues.
Be honest, fair, and courageous in gathering, reporting, and interpreting accurate information.
Give voice to the voiceless.
Hold the powerful accountable.

Act Independently
Guard vigorously the essential stewardship role a free press plays in an open society.
Seek out and disseminate competing perspectives without being unduly influenced by those who would use their power or position counter to the public interest.

Remain free of associations and activities that may compromise your integrity or damage your credibility.
Recognize that good ethical decisions require individual responsibility enriched by collaborative efforts.

Minimize Harm
Be compassionate for those affected by your actions.
Treat sources, subjects, and colleagues as human beings deserving of respect, not merely as means to your journalistic ends.
Recognize that gathering and reporting information may cause harm or discomfort, but balance those negatives by choosing alternatives that maximize your goal of truth telling.