It takes a village to publish a magazine—and website and app and Youtube channel and more. Phew! Today we’re introducing you to Bon Appétit’s research director Ryan Harrington.

For the non-journalists out there: What does research and fact-checking actually mean?

At Bon Appétit, every story or recipe goes through multiple edits. After that, it’s eligible for research review. At that stage, there are a few major things me and my team looks out for:

Information accuracy: This includes checking the spelling of names and brands, making sure descriptions of restaurant menus and dishes are up to date, reviewing the credibility of the sources we point to, verifying portrayals of quoted individuals, and anything else to make sure that when you read a Bon Appétit story, you know it’s true.

Cultural sensitivity: For a long time, food media has been dominated by a certain privileged perspective.…