Editorial Standards

Areas of Focus

• Active Criminal Cases: Investigative and accountability reporting during ongoing proceedings, with a focus on preventing wrongful convictions before they calcify.
• High-Profile Trials: Strategic coverage of cases with significant public interest—leveraging attention to expose deeper truths and redirect the spotlight toward accountability.
• Federal Agency Oversight: DOJ, FBI, Bureau of Prisons, and other federal bodies—especially where transparency ends and misconduct begins.
• Systemic Failures in Criminal Justice: Corruption, cover-ups, and institutional rot—from the courthouse to the holding cell.
• Extremism in Law Enforcement: Far-right infiltration of police and corrections, white supremacist influence on prosecutions, and extremist networks operating within the justice system.

Geographic Scope

We go where the story demands it. No borders, no blind spots—just a compass pointed at power. We prioritize:

• • Federal agencies and federal cases
• • High-profile trials and public-interest litigation
• • Systemic failures with ripple effects
• • Cases where extremism intersects with law enforcement or prosecution

Story Selection Criteria

We pursue stories that:

• • Expose government misconduct and secrecy
• • Reveal systemic failures—preferably before conviction
• • Serve whistleblowers and inform the public
• • Demonstrate patterns of abuse or corruption
• • Cross multiple areas of our editorial focus

Editorial Standards

• Verification first. If we can't confirm it, we don't print it. If it's uncertain, we say so.
• Follow the facts. We don't chase narratives. We follow the evidence and report back.
• Aim at power. Our fire is directed at institutions, not individuals without it.
• Show your work. We're transparent about how we report and why it matters.
• Protect sources. We use secure communication channels and safeguard source identities.

Credentials

• None offered. The work is either accurate or it isn't. Subtxt Press doesn't trade in bios.
• Byline policy. Pseudonym used to keep the focus where it belongs: on the record and facts—not the résumé, not the source, nor the author.

The Rules

• On the Record (default): Unless we agree otherwise in advance, everything you say is on the record. That means it can be quoted and attributed to you by name. This is the default for all conversations.
• Off the Record: Off the record means just that: we won't publish it, quote it, paraphrase it, or use it to chase confirmation elsewhere. It stays in the vault. Use this sparingly. If you want us to understand something without being able to report it, "background" is usually the better fit.
• Background / Not for Attribution: We can use the information, but we won't identify you as the source. We'll describe you using language we agree on ("a federal law enforcement official," "a former prosecutor," "a source familiar with the investigation"). We'll negotiate the description with you. If it risks identifying you, we'll revise—or we won't use it.
• Deep Background: We can use the information to guide our reporting, but we won't quote or attribute it in any form. It helps us ask better questions, file better records requests, and understand the landscape.

How This Works in Practice

• Before the conversation: We establish ground rules up front. If you don't specify, it's on the record.
• During the conversation: You can't retroactively go off the record. If you say something on the record, then ask to walk it back, we'll consider it—but we're not obligated to agree. Set the terms before you speak.
• If terms shift mid-conversation: We'll confirm the change explicitly before you continue. When we return to on-the-record, we'll say so clearly.
• If you're unsure: Ask. We'd rather clarify than burn a source.

What We Don't Do

• • We're not a bulletin board. We don't play games with attribution. If you're trying to float trial balloons or manipulate coverage behind anonymity—go elsewhere.
• • We don't honor retroactive requests from public officials or spokespeople trying to walk back statements. If you're speaking in an official capacity, you're on the record unless we agree otherwise in advance.
• • We don't burn sources. If we agree to protect your identity, we will—period. That includes under legal pressure. We have protocols in place to back that up.