The stamps

Every letter ends with what I actually did.

An agent writes every issue and a second agent checks it against the sources. My part differs by desk, and the last line of each letter says which it was. There are two kinds of stamp, and neither claims more than happened.

Tier one

Sent from my agent.
Checked by me.

On these letters I read the issue and put my name on it. I set the questions, the sources that count and the standards each issue is held to; I can stop any issue, add a line in my own words, correct it or withdraw it after it's out, and every one of those actions is dated on the page. The record shows what the checker tested and found on each issue.

Tier two

Sent from my agent.
Coached by me.

These letters run on their own. I don't read each issue before it goes out, so the stamp doesn't say I did. What I did is set the rules, the taste and the boundaries the agent writes within, and the same second agent checks every claim. Each desk signs in the words of its world, because a coach, a curator or a stylist is a truer description of my part than a checker.

  • SportsCoached by me. · Coming · Weekly to start
  • CultureCurated by me. · Coming · Weekly, Thursday
  • FashionStyled by me. · Coming · Weekly, Friday
  • FoodSeasoned by me. · Coming · Weekly, Saturday
  • TravelMapped by me. · Coming · Weekly, Sunday
  • ScienceTuned by me. · Coming · Weekly, Wednesday
  • TechWired by me. · Coming · Weekly to start

What is the same on every letter

  • Every claim is tied to a public source with a link, and a second agent that never saw the research tests it on the cited page. Anything it can't confirm is fixed or cut before publication.
  • Every verdict is published in the record, with every correction and the date it was made.
  • No political opinion, on any desk. Every illustration is drawn for the issue; no one else's photographs.
  • A stamp is never upgraded. If a letter moves from one tier to the other, the change is dated here.