The journal
The editorial team of Needle & Pigment
Each page of Needle & Pigment passes through a small editorial team before it appears. Here is how that work is done and how you can flag an error.
The editorial team writes, checks and revises every article in the journal. The editor in chief reviews every page before it is published, so that each text meets the same standard of care.
Nora Whitlock
Editor in chief
Nora Whitlock is the editor in chief of Needle & Pigment, and follows aftercare, skin healing, piercing and jewelry materials.
Elias Varga
Editor, Styles and Ideas and Meanings desks
Elias Varga edits the Styles, Ideas and Meanings desks, following tattoo style families, motifs, symbols, placement and sizing.
Tessa Raines
Editor, History and Cultures desk
Tessa Raines edits the History and Cultures desk. She follows how tattooing and body art developed and what they mean across cultures.
How a page is prepared
The editors start by reading what public institutions, museums, libraries and specialized publications say about the subject. A page on a motif, a style or a healing stage is built from these sources, not from memory or hearsay.
Every source used is cited at the foot of the page, so that you can trace each claim back to its origin. Before publishing, the editor in chief reviews the text, checks the citations and asks for changes where a sentence goes beyond what the sources support.
Reporting a correction
If you notice an error, a missing source or an unclear passage, you are invited to write to us through the contact page. Please name the page and the sentence concerned, and point to the source that supports your remark when you have one.
Corrections are read by the editors and, when they are justified, applied to the page with a short note. The contact page is the place to send these messages, and every report receives a careful reading.
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