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Who are we?

We are a team of people based around the UK and overseas, we’re not paid or funded by anyone. The UK Defence Journal has no affiliation to any party or political group. The editor of the website, George Allison, is a full member of the National Union of Journalists and as such follows their code of conduct when editing the website.

If you would like to know more about who writes for us, then please have a look at our team by clicking here.

Reliability

NewsGuard is a journalism and technology tool that rates the credibility of news and information websites and tracks online misinformation.

The organisation describe us in the following way:

“An online publication covering defence industry news in the United Kingdom, including military operations, equipment, and humanitarian work. The site also publishes fact-checks on military topics. This website adheres to all nine of NewsGuard’s standards of credibility and transparency.”

Their rating of us is below.

Our score was achieved based on meeting the nine standards below.

With regards to our credibility, they say:

“UKDefenceJournal.org.uk’s content is generally fact-based and well-sourced, drawing on the site’s own reporting, including interviews with government and military officials and subject-matter experts. Many articles include links to primary sources, such as official Royal Navy twitter accounts and statements by NATO. Headlines accurately reflect the content. Because UKDefenceJournal.org.uk distinguishes opinion content from news, NewsGuard has determined that the site meets the standard for handling the difference between news and opinion responsibly.”

You can read the rest for yourself here.

Submitting an article

With an open-door policy to new submissions, the UK Defence Journal highly-visible venue to publish your thoughts — from timely analysis on the news events of the day to shining a critical light where one is needed.

Would you like to write for the UK Defence Journal? If so, please take a look at our Submission Guidelines and follow the instructions set out there to have your work published.

Social Media and Comment Policy

Comments are moderated to check they comply with UK Defence Journal social media guidelines. If comments don’t comply they will not be published.

To learn about our social media and comment moderation policy, then click here.

Contact Us

Perhaps you’ve got a story you think we should know about? Perhaps it’s a general inquiry? Whatever the reason you want to communicate with us, fill in the form below and a member of our team will get back to you.

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    Owner & Editor

    George Allison: [email protected]

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