Method
How OddBrief works, what gets picked, and what we promise.
What we pick
We have no subject boundary. The single test is surprise: the fact itself has to be strange, not the telling of it. A story may come from technology, science, culture or bureaucracy. What matters is that it is hard to believe and true anyway.
Sources
We trace every piece to its primary source where we can: the institution’s own announcement, a peer-reviewed paper, a court record, an archive. When we cannot reach the primary source, we say so. The source list under each article marks which link is primary.
How articles are made
An AI assistant helps us find candidate stories and write first drafts under a fixed set of editorial rules: a primary source is required, every claim is attributed, no invented quotes. Nothing is published automatically. A human editor reads every draft, checks the sources and the image rights, and decides whether it goes live. If the editor is not convinced, the article does not run.
Editorial responsibility
Articles carry the byline OddBrief Editorial rather than a personal name. The publication is edited by one person, and we would rather say so than invent a masthead. Responsibility for every published article rests with the editor. Every article lists its sources, marks the primary one, and shows when it was last updated. Cover images are used only where the licence is known, and the credit sits under the image.
Corrections
When we get something wrong we do not edit quietly. The article’s updated date changes and material corrections are noted in the text.