Guides
Elections and civic processes: a reporting guide
Election reporting guide to eligibility, registration, ballots, unofficial results, canvass, audits, certification, recounts, finance, courts, and corrections.
How to read an election results page without misreading the count
Read the election results page issuer, timestamp and status label before any margin, then follow the count through canvass, audit and certification.
Rules
International conflict reporting problems and fixes
Conflict reporting fixes for unattributed claims, recycled media, casualty totals, legal overreach, false balance, map certainty, document confusion, and risk.
Maintenance
International conflict reporting checklist
Conflict checklist for attribution, source chains, location, timing, casualty methods, legal labels, displacement, official records, publication harm, and updates.
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How to verify a conflict claim before publication
Freeze the original post, date the media, audit the casualty count, and label every claim said, verified, or disputed before publication reaches readers.
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An international conflict reporting guide for readers
An international conflict reporting guide for readers: how to assess claims, casualty figures, UN documents, legal labels, and safety details.
Rules
Science and technology reporting problems and fixes
Announcement coverage fails when a proposal reads as a result, so label status, compare like with like, and track versions after publication.
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Guides
Elections and civic processes: a reporting guide
Election reporting guide to eligibility, registration, ballots, unofficial results, canvass, audits, certification, recounts, finance, courts, and corrections.
Guides
An international conflict reporting guide for readers
An international conflict reporting guide for readers: how to assess claims, casualty figures, UN documents, legal labels, and safety details.
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
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.
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Daily news explainers: How Chicago boil orders work
Daily news explainers: How Chicago issues and lifts boil orders, what residents should do, and why a water main break can trigger one.
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Daily news explainers: How storm alerts reach you
Daily news explainers trace warnings from the National Weather Service and FEMA's IPAWS to phones, TV, weather radio and local alert systems.
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Guides
How to read an election results page without misreading the count
Read the election results page issuer, timestamp and status label before any margin, then follow the count through canvass, audit and certification.
Guides
Elections and civic processes: a reporting guide
Election reporting guide to eligibility, registration, ballots, unofficial results, canvass, audits, certification, recounts, finance, courts, and corrections.
Rules
International conflict reporting problems and fixes
Conflict reporting fixes for unattributed claims, recycled media, casualty totals, legal overreach, false balance, map certainty, document confusion, and risk.
Maintenance
International conflict reporting checklist
Conflict checklist for attribution, source chains, location, timing, casualty methods, legal labels, displacement, official records, publication harm, and updates.