WHO WE ARE
Co‑Sign is a travel publication for people who travel to change how they see, not how they’re seen. It follows cultural insiders as they move through the world, tracing where they go, what they notice, and why it matters.
Travel is the lens, but the heart is resisting the algorithm with real recommendations from people whose taste you can trust: artists, photographers, writers, editors, and other discerning creatives.
In other words, people whose Co‑Sign actually means something.
WHAT YOU GET
Co‑Signed: Interviews with cultural insiders on the places, spaces, and ideas they genuinely stand behind, plus coordinating Google Maps so you can explore cities through their eyes.
Dialed In: Travel guides for hyper-specific moods (“where to drink when you’re feeling introspective/hedonistic/unhinged” not “the best bars in NYC”).
The Oversaturation Scale: A quarterly diagnosis of what’s cooked and what’s somehow still safe from the algorithm.
WHAT YOU WON’T GET
Generic “best of” guides with no point of view
Travel porn with no context or perspective
Hotel puff pieces parading as true editorial
WHAT WE STAND FOR
Travel media, like most of media, often runs on quiet quid pro quos. I know because I’ve been on more than 20 press trips — from Iceland to Scotland — where coverage was sometimes expected, either implicitly or outright.
I want Co‑Sign to set a new standard:
If anything is hosted or comped, you’ll know.
If I receive a media rate, I’ll tell you exactly what I paid.
If something is sponsored, it’ll be clearly labeled.
All Co‑Signed recommendations — the ones that actually shape where you go — are fully self‑funded. No press comps, ever.
WHO I AM
Hi, I’m Shanté. I’ve spent 14 years as a writer and editor, leading teams and shaping coverage as editor-in-chief at Mic and executive editor at Complex. My work has lived at the intersection of culture and politics, but my earliest beats were food and sex — pleasure as a way of understanding the world.
I’ve been dreaming up this project for over a year, but I’ve finally reached a point where hope outweighs hesitation. My goal is to create a community of people with terrific taste and messy hearts — unapologetic people who want to devour life like a ripe peach, even if it makes their hands sticky.
If you travel to feed your soul, not just your feed, you’re in the right place.
—S.
