About Skype Journal

We aren't accessible. Not even close. But we should be and are trying. We eventually want to state:

Skype Journal was designed to be accessible to all visitors. You'll notice clear and logical navigation tools throughout the site. Information should be easy to find. We follow popular Web accessibility guidelines promoted by industry and the disability community.

Visitors with disabilities may notice special features throughout the site that help make information available in alternative forms. In many cases, this functionality makes reading easier with text visible in large sizes and high contrasts. If you use screen reader software, you will find that photographs, charts, and illustrations are accompanied by text descriptions. The organization of each Web page is presented in a logical reading order maintained when assistive technology is used.

Help us improve accessibility. If you notice any Web site features that are difficult to use, please contact us.

1. We don't collect any information that you don't volunteer.
2. We will be clear about what information we expose.
3. Cookies may be used to create a better user experience on this site if you opt in.
4. We will not distribute your contact information (or other personal data) to third parties without your consent unless compelled by our ISP, compelled by law, or as needed for the operation and conduct of this site (service, repair, fact checking, etc.).
5. We collect statistical data in the aggregate to understand our readership and ourselves.

1. Accuracy. Anything that purports to be non-fiction should be true. Which means it should be accurate in fact and in context.
2. Labeling and Sourcing. If we are not certain that something is accurate, we should either not publish it, or should make that uncertainty plain by clearly stating the source of this information and its possible limits and pitfalls. To take another example of making the quality of information clear, we believe that that if unnamed sources must be used, they would be labeled in a way that sheds light on the limits and biases of the information they offer.
3. Explicit Conflicts of Interest. The content of anything that sells itself as journalism should be free of any motive other than informing its consumers. In other words, it should not be motivated, for example, by the desire to curry favor with an advertiser or to advance particular political interest. On the other hand, much of the content of this site has at least one point of view. We reserve the right to let our contributors opine, so long as author biases or conflicts are explicit and on record.
4. Accountability. The contributors to this site hold ourselves as accountable as any of the subjects we write about. We are eager to receive complaints about our work, will investigate complaints diligently, and correct mistakes of fact, context, and fairness prominently and clearly.
5. Caveat Lector. Information contained here is from sources believed to be reliable. This information is not necessarily complete.

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