Policies and standards
Everything that governs how this publication works, in plain language. Most of it was written before the first story rather than after the first problem.
Trust
How the publication decides what to publish, and how you can check that it did.
- Editorial standards How stories are chosen, labelled and corrected.
- AI policy Where AI is used in drafting and editing, and where it never is.
- Verification What we check before publishing, and the line between fact and experience.
- Corrections Every correction we have made, dated, with what changed.
- Disclosure How employer, vendor and sponsorship relationships are declared.
- Sponsorship policy What sponsorship can and cannot buy. Published before any sponsor exists.
- Response guidelines What gets published when you respond to a story, and what does not.
- Community guidelines Expected conduct, and what happens when it is not met.
- Report a problem One route for factual errors, privacy concerns and harmful content.
- Security How to report a vulnerability, and what we promise in return.
Contributors
What contributing costs you, what you keep, and how to change your mind.
- Contributor terms Draft What you keep and what you grant, in one page.
- Rights and licensing Draft You keep your rights. What that means in practice.
- Anonymity and pseudonyms Draft Telling a difficult story without risking your job.
- Withdrawing a story Draft How to take your story down, and what happens when you do.
- Republishing Draft Running a story elsewhere: attribution, canonicals and how to ask.
- Citing a story Reference formats for a published story.
Legal
The operating policies, in plain language.
- Privacy Draft What we collect, why, and how to get it back or deleted.
- Terms Draft The terms for reading, contributing and responding.
- Accessibility Draft What has been tested, what has not, and how to report a barrier.
- Cookies and storage Every value stored in your browser, and why.
- Email policy Who sends, how often, and how to stop it.
- Unsubscribe Leave the weekly email. One step, no account, no retention flow.
- Data requests Access, correct, export or delete what we hold about you.
- Imprint Draft The legal entity behind the publication.
The publication
Who is behind this and how to reach them.
- About What the publication is for, and what it will not do.
- Ownership and funding Draft Who owns this, who pays for it, and what that buys them.
- Who decides Draft The people accountable for editorial decisions.
- Founding status Exactly what exists today, and what does not.
- Contact Routes by purpose, each with a response window.
- Press Boilerplate, marks, and the claims you can safely repeat.
- Partners Who we work with, and the nature of each relationship.
Cannot find it?
If something you need is not written down here, that is worth knowing — ask and we will either answer or write the page. Contact the editors.
Pages marked Draft describe how the site is built to work today and will be reviewed before the publication launches with real contributors.