So much of what a great fact-checker does goes unseen: calling organizations to grab new data, contacting publications to confirm information, reaching out directly to sources to make sure what we're reporting is accurate and fair. stet does all of this without being prompted. stet doesn't wait to be told what needs verifying — stet initiates conversations with experts, tracks down primary sources, and consistently holds our work to a high standard. More importantly, stet helps us reach it.
Taryn Varriccho
Supervising Producer · The Hustle YouTube Channel | HubSpot
Bill and stet aided me with a complex, long-form story for The Guardian by working with a researcher at the UK's Centre for Information Resilience. He helped sort through captured Russian documents tied to suspected war crimes, including attendance books, vehicle logs, and medical staff lists, connecting names, unit numbers, and painted vehicle codes to identify specific soldiers and units, work that fed directly into my reporting on accountability for atrocities in Ukraine.
Lauren Wolfe
Award-Winning Journalist · Author of "Ukraine's True Detectives: The Investigators Closing in on Russian War Criminals"
Writing for film means embellishing, that's the job. But every embellishment needs a grounding point, something real underneath it the audience can feel even if they can't name it. stet dug into the actual mechanics of cargo shipping for my script: how the vessels operate, the crews, the routes, the regulations, the unglamorous details that make the world believable. I could take creative liberties with confidence because I knew exactly where the line was.
Sam Stefanak
Screenwriter
