Editorial standards

Staff and contributors

The organisational profile of the Sox News Editorial Desk, and the place where named editors and contributors are published.

Last reviewed 2026-08-08

An honest profile

Sox News is a young publication with a small editorial operation. Rather than invent a roster of correspondents, this page publishes what actually exists: a standing editorial desk inside Sox Media LLC, organised into subject desks, with a human editor accountable for every item.

The Sox News Editorial Desk is the standing editorial body of Sox Media LLC. It commissions, edits, fact checks and signs off everything published under the Sox News name.

The desks

Sox News US Desk
United States politics, energy, industrial policy and markets.
Sox News UK Desk
United Kingdom fiscal policy, cost of living, energy and public services.
Sox News AU Desk
Australian economics, housing, resources and energy policy.
Sox News Global Desk
Cross border markets, trade, security and the wider West.
Sox News Vitality Desk
Health freedom, metabolic science and longevity research.
Sox News Culture Desk
Culture, taste, sport and the built world.
Sox News Visual Desk
Photography sourcing, illustration, image rights and the visual record.

Accountability

A human editor is accountable for every published item. Publication requires a named human sign off recorded internally, and that person answers for accuracy, fairness, sourcing, labelling and corrections on the piece. The Editorial Desk byline means the item is the institutional work of that desk rather than the work of a single credited writer, and it does not mean no person is responsible for it.

Named editors and contributors

No named editors or contributors are published yet. Sox News lists the desk and its responsibilities honestly rather than inventing people to fill the page. Each appointment appears here, with the role, the remit and the date it took effect, as soon as it is confirmed.

Sox News publishes real names only, with the person's consent, their role, their remit and the date their appointment took effect. Named contributors also publish any standing interests relevant to what they cover, under the conflicts of interest policy.

Every byline currently in use

BylineDatelinedItemsStatus
Sox Energy DeskNot stated2Desk byline. A human editor signed the item off and is accountable for it.
Sox News AU DeskNot stated10Desk byline. A human editor signed the item off and is accountable for it.
Sox News Canada DeskNot stated1Desk byline. A human editor signed the item off and is accountable for it.
Sox News Culture DeskNot stated1Desk byline. A human editor signed the item off and is accountable for it.
Sox News DeskNot stated1Desk byline. A human editor signed the item off and is accountable for it.
Sox News Editorial DeskNot stated3Desk byline. A human editor signed the item off and is accountable for it.
Sox News Global DeskNot stated3Desk byline. A human editor signed the item off and is accountable for it.
Sox News UK DeskNot stated5Desk byline. A human editor signed the item off and is accountable for it.
Sox News US DeskNot stated3Desk byline. A human editor signed the item off and is accountable for it.
Sox News Vitality DeskNot stated1Desk byline. A human editor signed the item off and is accountable for it.
Claire WhitmoreWashington1Named writer. A biography will be published above once the contributor record is confirmed.
Daniel ReyesNew York1Named writer. A biography will be published above once the contributor record is confirmed.

Counted from the published article record on every rebuild, so this table cannot drift from what is actually on the site.

Bylines you will see

  • A named writer. That person reported and wrote the piece and is answerable for it.
  • A desk byline, for example Sox News US Desk. The piece is the institutional work of that desk. A human editor signed it off and is accountable for it.
  • Sox News Visual Desk. Applied to imagery, including AI assisted editorial artwork, which is labelled as such.

Adding a name later

The masthead is generated from a single data file. Adding a confirmed editor or contributor is a matter of recording the name, role, remit and start date, and rebuilding the site. Nothing here needs rewriting by hand, which is deliberate: it removes any incentive to leave a role vaguely described.

Working with us

<p class="kicker">Editorial and pitches</p> <p class="contact-address"><a href="mailto:bookings@soxnews.net?subject=Pitch%20an%20idea">bookings@soxnews.net</a></p> <p class="contact-note">Story tips, right of reply requests and interview proposals.</p> <p class="contact-caveat">bookings@soxnews.net is the one address confirmed as live for Sox News, so every editorial route below reaches the desk through it. Dedicated corrections, complaints and legal addresses will be published here the moment they are provisioned. No other inbox is advertised until it is confirmed working.</p>


Sox News is published by Sox Media LLC, a privately held Nevada limited liability company funded by private capital. Statutory company information is filed with the Nevada Secretary of State. No government, political party, foreign state, advertiser, sponsor, donor network, union, advocacy organisation or think tank controls editorial decisions at Sox News.

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