Founding Principal
Portrait to follow
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Founding Principal
Biography and credentials to be published at launch.
About DD11
An independent editorial practice, held to encyclopedic standards.
DD11 Media & Entertainment was founded to close a persistent gap: the absence of a discreet, independent, editorially rigorous partner for principals whose public record deserves the same standards as the institutions they lead.
Our Mission
Documenting influence with accuracy, neutrality and permanence.
We research, document and preserve the biographical record of individuals, institutions and families whose activities have shaped their fields. Our engagements are held to public encyclopedic standards — the same sourcing, neutrality and verification tests applied by serious editorial publications.
DD11 is retained by principals, family offices, foundations and cultural institutions who require a partner who understands that legacy is written in the archive, not in the campaign.
Principles
Four commitments that govern every engagement.
Independence
We advise; we do not promote. Where an engagement requires a managed outcome, we decline.
Verification
Every substantive claim in a DD11 file is anchored to an independent, published secondary source.
Neutrality
Files are written in an encyclopedic register. No superlatives, no promotional framing.
Discretion
Client identity, working papers and correspondence are held under strict confidentiality.
Leadership
A small, senior editorial desk.
DD11 operates as a compact team of senior researchers, editors and archivists. Full biographies of principals will be published at launch.
Head of Research
Portrait to follow
[TO BE PROVIDED]
Head of Research
Biography and credentials to be published at launch.
Head of Editorial
Portrait to follow
[TO BE PROVIDED]
Head of Editorial
Biography and credentials to be published at launch.
Independence Statement
What DD11 will and will not do.
DD11 provides research, documentation and advisory. DD11 does not sell, guarantee or influence the publication of Wikipedia articles, nor act as an intermediary with Wikipedia editors.
All eligibility assessments are conducted against publicly available encyclopedic notability standards. Any subject that does not meet those standards is advised accordingly, without exception.
Disclosure
DD11 Media & Entertainment is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation or any of its projects. References to Wikipedia policies are illustrative of the encyclopedic standards DD11 applies internally.