Features
How a newsroom corrects an evolving story: a worked example
How a newsroom corrects an error in an evolving story, shown step by step through an invented example: evidence check, visible correction, alert repair and follow-up.
Desk
Analysis Desk
The measurements behind latest news, with the method stated alongside the result.
Guides
How a newsroom correction and update log works, step by step
How a newsroom correction and update log works step by step, and what it tells readers: open a case, preserve the version, test evidence, record the decision, document the repair, schedule closure.
Features
How headlines track a close local election: a fictional case
How a news desk words each update of a close local election count, shown with a fictional Lake County case from election night to recount.
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.
Maintenance
Conflict reporting checklist: what to check in a war story
Conflict reporting checklist for readers: test a war story's sources, place and time, casualty counts, legal labels, displacement figures and UN documents.
Guides
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.
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.
Maintenance
Science announcement reporting checklist
Science announcement checklist for source status, methods, sample, comparison, uncertainty, funding, conflicts, data, practical readiness, headlines, and updates.
Guides
EPA PFAS Enforcement: Drinking Water Process
EPA PFAS enforcement under the 2024 drinking water rule: monitoring, state primacy, public notice, compliance orders and possible DOJ referrals.
Guides
Why a Bank of Canada Decision Rarely Moves US Bills Directly
The Bank of Canada rate decision impact on US borrowers is indirect: it runs through the exchange rate and import prices, while US loans follow the Fed and utility bills follow state rate cases.
Guides
How to read a science press release
A science press release can blend a new result with background and untested uses. Here is how to read a science press release and check it against the record.
Guides
Science announcement reporting guide for daily news
Science announcement reporting guide: verify a claim, label its status and readiness, and track corrections so the story stays accurate as the record changes.
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.
Maintenance
Public safety alert checklist: what to confirm before publishing
Public safety alert checklist for verifying sender, event, area, timing, expected impact, protective action, accessibility, updates, and cancellation.
Guides
Bank of Canada Rate Moves: Variable Mortgage Math
Bank of Canada rate variable mortgage math after the September hold: what a quarter-point move does to a CAD 400,000 payment, and the spread you can cut.
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
How to read a weather alert
How to read a weather alert: check its official hazard, mapped area, timing, evidence, impacts and updates—not just a phone notification.
Guides
BLS CPI and BEA GDP Releases: What They Measure, When They Land and How to Read Them
The BLS CPI and BEA GDP releases explained: what each agency measures, when figures land, seasonal adjustment, real versus nominal, and why revisions happen.
Features
Cross-border trade and climate stories that reach US readers
Latest news on US-Canada trade and climate: energy, autos, agriculture, the International Joint Commission, USMCA rules, and border policy shifts.
Features
Food recall reporting case study: a fictional desk drill
A food recall reporting case study: an explainer on how a fictional news desk works an outbreak alert, from first notice to recall classes and updates.
Features
How to explain a jobs report on release day: a worked example
How to explain a jobs report on release day, using an invented example: the 8:30 a.m. Eastern release, payroll versus household surveys, revisions, seasonal adjustment and follow-up.
Guides
Breaking news updates and timelines: a reader's guide
Breaking news updates guide for readers: how to read a live page, its timestamps, status labels, pinned summary and timeline, and how corrections show up.
Maintenance
Breaking news verification checklist for a live desk
Breaking news verification checklist for source identity, original media, time, location, corroboration, rumor handling, safety, corrections, and handoff.
Guides
How to build a useful morning news brief
Morning news brief workflow for choosing stories, ranking reader needs, writing concise summaries, labeling uncertainty, adding context, and planning updates.
Maintenance
Daily explainer story-selection checklist
Daily explainer selection checklist for novelty, verification, consequence, reader need, scope, context, uncertainty, format, timing, resources, and update plans.
Guides
Daily news explainers: a reporting guide
Daily news explainer guide covering story selection, verified facts, reader questions, context, consequences, uncertainty, structure, updates, and corrections.
Maintenance
Economic release checklist for the morning it lands
Economic release checklist for agency, series, timing, revisions, adjustments, forecast sources, household context, and the next scheduled update.
Maintenance
Health alert reporting checklist for the second editor
What a second editor checks before a health alert story runs: the notice and version, the headline verb, who is affected, identifiers and the blocking rule.
Guides
Health alert reporting guide for daily news
Health alert reporting guide for daily news: how agencies classify notices, what they establish, and what reporters should verify before publication.
Guides
What a public meeting packet can tell you about a vote
A public meeting packet can show what officials considered, which text was adopted, how the vote was recorded, and what records to check after the meeting.
Guides
How a live update desk keeps a breaking story straight
A step-by-step explainer of how a live update desk works: roles, claim checks, timestamps, summaries, accessibility, corrections, closure, handoff.
Guides
How to translate inflation data into household context
An inflation rate measures price change, not the price level, and a national index averages consumer baskets no single household actually buys.