The Tick Almanac
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Editorial

Tick Almanac Editorial

Editorial team

The Tick Almanac editorial team. Currently small (founder + editor), with a credentialed medical reviewer, DVM, and entomology specialist being recruited per our editorial policy. Articles authored under this byline are written by the editorial team and reviewed against CDC, EPA, FDA, university extension, and peer-reviewed sources before publish.

Why an editorial byline

The Tick Almanac uses a clear editorial byline rather than a fabricated personal byline for staff-written content. Larger publications (NYT staff editorials, The Verge staff lists, Wirecutter team picks) do the same when content is collaboratively produced and not attributable to a single named writer.

What this site does not do: invent a fake person, manufacture fake credentials, or attach an LLM-generated face to a fake name. When a credentialed medical reviewer, DVM, or entomology specialist signs off on a page, their real name and credentials appear in the byline alongside this editorial credit. Until those reviewers are onboarded, pages requiring their signoff stay in locked-preview state and are not indexed by search engines.

The publish gates that control this are in our editorial policy.

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