Guides
How Canada's Rate Cuts Reach US Mortgage and Utility Bills: A Reader's Guide
Canada's rate cuts reach US borrowers through bond yields, the dollar, and utility rate cases. A channel-by-channel guide to timing, odds, and limits.
EPA PFAS Enforcement: How Federal and State Cases Actually Reach Court
EPA's PFAS drinking water rule starts with monitoring. States usually enforce first. Federal court cases arrive when EPA refers a civil action to DOJ.
Guides
How Canada's Rate Cuts Reach US Mortgage and Utility Bills
Bank of Canada rate cuts reach US borrowers through currency, variable debt, and utility rate cases. Track the transmission channels and timing gaps.
Reviews
Science and technology announcement types compared
Science announcement types compared across preprints, peer-reviewed papers, datasets, grants, patents, prototypes, standards drafts, final standards, and releases.
Guides
How to read a science press release before reporting it
A science press release can blend a new paper with old background and proposed uses, so trace the study record before any of it reaches a headline.
Guides
Science and technology announcements: a reporting guide
How to turn a science or technology announcement into a verifiable story, from the paper and dataset to funding, corrections and later versions.
Features
Case study: a fictional flash flood warning
Fictional flash flood case showing how a news desk checks warning scope, radar and gauge evidence, road closures, public action, timing, updates, and all-clear.
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Science and technology announcements: a reporting guide
How to turn a science or technology announcement into a verifiable story, from the paper and dataset to funding, corrections and later versions.
Features
Why Atlanta, Seattle and Denver frame the same national story differently
Daily news explainers in Atlanta, Seattle and Denver diverge on the same national story because ownership, wire dependence and audience habits differ.
Guides
Chicago water main breaks and boil orders, explained for residents
A Chicago boil order follows water main breaks that cause pressure loss, and the city lifts it only after two clean rounds of bacteria samples.
Guides
Federal vs state emergency alerts, and who sends what during a storm
Four separate systems carry storm warnings: FEMA's IPAWS pipeline, Weather Service products, phone alerts and broadcast. Each has its own trigger.
Features
How Houston and Miami explain flood risk before, during and after a storm
Daily news explainers on Houston and Miami flood risk use Harris County gauges, storm risk maps, Miami-Dade advisories and NWS rainfall outlooks.
Reviews
Correction and update policies at major US news outlets compared
Daily news explainers compare how the AP, the New York Times, NPR and Reuters write corrections, clarifications, updates and retractions for readers.
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Guides
EPA PFAS Enforcement: How Federal and State Cases Actually Reach Court
EPA's PFAS drinking water rule starts with monitoring. States usually enforce first. Federal court cases arrive when EPA refers a civil action to DOJ.
Guides
How Canada's Rate Cuts Reach US Mortgage and Utility Bills: A Reader's Guide
Canada's rate cuts reach US borrowers through bond yields, the dollar, and utility rate cases. A channel-by-channel guide to timing, odds, and limits.
Guides
How Canada's Rate Cuts Reach US Mortgage and Utility Bills
Bank of Canada rate cuts reach US borrowers through currency, variable debt, and utility rate cases. Track the transmission channels and timing gaps.
Reviews
Science and technology announcement types compared
Science announcement types compared across preprints, peer-reviewed papers, datasets, grants, patents, prototypes, standards drafts, final standards, and releases.