Guides
Institutional claims guide: matching expertise to the actual claim
Institutional claims and attribution guide covering source roles, documents, spokesperson authority, expert fit, conflicts, evidence, quotations, and corrections.
Features
Case study: a fictional border closure and safe-passage claim
A fictional border closure shows how a desk separates an order from observed passage, tests a safe-corridor claim, and keeps movement totals in their own units.
Rules
Why repetition during a crisis can look like confirmation
Crisis reporting problems explained with fixes for recycled images, duplicate counts, stale orders, false precision, rumor loops, unsafe disclosure, and updates.
Reviews
Watches vs warnings vs orders, with emergency alerts compared plainly
Emergency information types compared across forecasts, watches, warnings, orders, observations, incident reports, damage estimates, and casualty records.
Guides
An emergency alert map means nothing without the issuing authority
How to read an emergency alert, evacuation order, or public map by checking authority, hazard, boundaries, timing, protective action, routes, and updates.
Features
Case study: a fictional planetary data announcement
Fictional planetary data case showing how a news desk handles mission status, preliminary measurements, calibration, archive release, outside review, and correction.
Features
Why do payroll numbers revise so much after the first report?
Payroll numbers revise so much after the first report because initial estimates rely on incomplete survey responses and late-arriving employer filings.
Rules
9 economic reporting problems that turn a forecast into a promise
Economic reporting problems explained with fixes for mixed periods, seasonal adjustment, inflation, annualized rates, forecasts, revisions, and market narratives.
Maintenance
Business claim checklist: catching the numbers that do not add up
Business and economic claim checklist for verifying releases, filings, metrics, periods, adjustments, revisions, forecasts, market moves, and company language.
Guides
Canadian Dental Care Plan Eligibility: Proof of Coverage You Must Show
A checklist of the exact documents CDCP applicants must show for proof of coverage, and how gaps in provincial health cards change what you can submit.
Reviews
Economic indicators compared, from jobs numbers to market prices
Economic indicators compared across output, income, prices, jobs, unemployment, wages, retail sales, and markets, with reporting uses and limits.
Guides
How a City Emergency Declaration Works: Powers, Duration, and Oversight
A city emergency declaration unlocks powers like curfews and emergency spending. Learn duration rules, extension limits, city council votes, and oversight.
Guides
How Carbon Prices From Cap and Trade Can Reach Gasoline Prices
Explains how allowance and credit prices can translate into cents per gallon, why pass-through varies, and how several state programs cover transportation fuel.
Guides
How Provincial Health Coverage Gaps Affect Canadian Dental Care Plan Eligibility
How each province's existing dental programs interact with the CDCP's no-double-coverage rule, and why the same age and income can produce different answers.
Guides
How State Carbon Markets Set the Fuel Price You Pay at the Pump
Washington's cap-and-invest allowance auctions set a carbon price that fuel suppliers turn into cents per gallon at the pump, and no official rate is published.
Guides
How to read an economic release before publishing a headline as of 2027
How to read an economic release by checking definitions, periods, adjustments, components, revisions, uncertainty, technical notes, and comparable series.
Features
What a health alert can say before the case count is confirmed
Early health alert desk case showing how a newsroom can separate reports, confirmed cases, investigation status, public advice, uncertainty, and updates.
Rules
Science and health reporting problems and practical fixes in 2027
Science and health reporting problems explained with fixes for release-driven claims, weak comparisons, causal language, expert conflicts, and false certainty.
Maintenance
Health claim checklist: relative risk and the headline warning
Health and science claim checklist for checking evidence, risk numbers, study populations, conflicts, uncertainty, practical advice, headlines, and updates.
Guides
How to File an Access to Information Request in Canada: Timelines, Fees, and Appeals
Access to information request Canada fees start at $5 and run to $25 per hour after search time, with provinces setting their own timelines and appeal routes.
Guides
Who Qualifies for the Canadian Dental Care Plan? Provincial Eligibility Explained
Canadian Dental Care Plan eligibility requires family net income under $90,000 and no private dental coverage, with co-payments based on income.
Rules
FEC Filing Deadlines Explained: Who Reports, When, and What to Check
FEC filing deadlines set the calendar for campaign finance disclosure. This guide explains who reports, when reports are due, and what to check.
Guides
Federal vs Provincial Bill in Canada: Jurisdiction, Process, and Where to Watch
Federal vs provincial bill Canada: how sections 91 and 92 shape first reading, committee, royal assent, and where to watch each lawmaking process.
Guides
PACER Docket Search: Fees, Exemptions, and How to Avoid Overpaying
PACER docket search fees run about $0.10 per page, but the $30 quarterly cap and free courthouse terminals change what you actually owe for records.
Guides
How to Read a City Council Agenda: Consent Calendar, Backup, and Public Comment
Learn to read a city council agenda: what the consent calendar means, where backup materials live, and how public comment rules shape what you see.
Reviews
Trials vs models vs preprints, scientific evidence types compared
Scientific evidence types compared across trials, observational studies, models, laboratory work, reviews, preprints, and surveillance reports.
Guides
How to Search Canadian Court Dockets: Federal, Provincial, and Fees
Learn how to search Canadian court dockets online: federal and provincial registries, CAD fees from $20 to $150, what stays private, and free access tips.
Rules
What Can a State Public Health Order Actually Do? Scope, Expiration, Enforcement
State public health order powers vary by state and can quarantine, close businesses, or require vaccination. Check expiration dates, enforcement, and current status.
Guides
How to Track a Federal Bill in Congress: Status, Committee, and Floor Timeline
Track a federal bill through Congress.gov: status codes, committee referral, markup, and floor scheduling, with the real wait times at each stage.
Guides
How BLS employment data is built, from the household survey to the payroll count
BLS employment data comes from two surveys, the household Current Population Survey and the payroll Current Employment Statistics count, so the numbers can diverge.
Features
7 ways California water rights shape drought reporting on farms
California water rights drought rules shape farm reporting: curtailment orders, senior versus junior claims, and groundwater basin rules decide who farms dry.
Guides
How Chicago's inspector general audits city agencies and what the reports show
Chicago inspector general audits start with complaints, move through fieldwork, and end in reports that measure city agencies against the municipal code.
Guides
U.S. privacy rules vs Canadian law, a guide for cross-border newsrooms
U.S. privacy law is sectoral and state-by-state, while Canada runs one federal statute plus Quebec's stricter rules on consent and transfers.
Features
Does the Texas grid price power the way ERCOT rules say it should?
ERCOT grid rules Texas shape power prices through scarcity pricing, operating reserves, and an offer cap the PUC writes, as Winter Storm Uri showed.
Guides
How FOIA requests work at the federal level and what agencies can withhold
A federal FOIA request goes to the component that holds the record, not the agency. Nine exemptions, three fee categories, and one appeal clock follow.
Rules
What the FTC checks in business claims and where advertisers get it wrong
FTC business claims must be truthful, non-deceptive and backed by evidence before they run, and the agency polices them under FTC Act Section 5.
Guides
Does a study's sample size support the headline before it runs?
How to read a study or preprint by checking its question, design, sample, comparison, outcome, estimates, limitations, review status, and claims.
Guides
Reading a New York City council bill before the vote happens
A New York City council bill moves from Legistar docket to committee referral, hearing testimony, land use review, and a possible mayoral veto override.
Guides
SEC filings explained for readers who only see the headline number
SEC filings explained: how to read a 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and a proxy statement, find risk factors, and interpret insider Form 4 filings on EDGAR.
Features
Washington's Climate Commitment Act: carbon auctions and the math per gallon of fuel
How Washington's Climate Commitment Act survived the 2024 repeal vote, how allowance auctions set a carbon price, and the math per gallon of fuel.
Features
7 notes on court docket desk case worth reading
Court docket desk case showing how a fictional newsroom checks entries, distinguishes claims, reads partial relief, verifies appeal status, and corrects an alert.
Rules
Policy reporting problems: when a proposal quietly becomes law
Policy reporting problems and fixes for proposals called law, confused dates, funding claims, comment counts, output inflation, weak baselines, and broad causation.
Rules
Does an allegation quietly become a fact in your court story?
Court reporting problems and corrections for allegation language, motion status, opinion summaries, remedies, appeals, sealed files, names, and docket timing.
Rules
Statistics reporting problems: when a percentage hides its base
Statistics reporting problems and repairs for denominators, tiny samples, false trends, causal claims, ranking noise, chart scales, revisions, and precision.
Rules
Is a missing public record proof that nothing happened?
Public records reporting problems and fixes for wrong versions, poor searches, missing context, redaction guesses, data errors, and unsupported conclusions.
Guides
News timelines: separating event order from publication order
News timeline method for recording event times, source times, publication changes, uncertainty, corrections, dependencies, and the next expected action.
Reviews
Pleadings vs rulings, and what each court document actually proves
Court documents compared by author, purpose, evidentiary status, legal effect, reporting verb, common error, and the next procedural step to verify.
Guides
A court reporting guide should separate the docket from the story
Court reporting guide covering jurisdiction, parties, allegations, dockets, hearings, evidence, rulings, remedies, appeals, sealed records, and corrections.
Maintenance
Court story checklist: privacy, procedure, and the final status line
Court story checklist for identity, jurisdiction, allegations, procedure, docket status, hearings, rulings, remedies, privacy, response, and appeal language.
Guides
A developing story needs four separate information states, not one
Developing news story guide covering confirmed facts, open questions, timelines, background, attribution, update notes, corrections, and reader needs.
Maintenance
Developing story checklist: fairness, harm, and the final read
Developing story context checklist for facts, attribution, chronology, definitions, affected people, uncertainty, fairness, corrections, and updates.
Reviews
6 points worth checking on news briefing formats
News briefing formats compared by reader question, evidence, time frame, structure, update pattern, limits, and best use for developing coverage.
Reviews
Proposals vs decisions vs data releases, official records compared plainly
Official record types compared by purpose, authority, version, evidence, common misreading, update pattern, and the claims each document can support.
Maintenance
7 things a policy briefing checklist has to cover
Policy briefing checklist for authority, stage, dates, public input, funding, implementation, affected groups, enforcement, evidence, outcomes, and updates.
Reviews
Legislation vs regulation, comparing the policy tools reporters cite
Policy tools compared by authority, decision-maker, legal effect, funding role, public process, implementation record, common mistake, and reporting use.
Reviews
Point estimates vs margins vs averages, reading poll numbers right
Poll estimates compared across point results, sampling margins, credibility intervals, polling averages, forecasts, assumptions, and safe reporting language.
Guides
Public records reporting starts with finding the right custodian
Public records reporting guide covering record ownership, searches, requests, versions, exemptions, document context, verification, citations, and findings.
Maintenance
Public records request checklist: scope, format, and appeal timing
A public records request lives or dies on scope, format and the appeal clock, so log every exemption letter and mark each statutory deadline before you write.
Guides
What a court docket sequence reveals before the ruling drops
Court docket and ruling method for confirming cases, tracing entries, separating party claims, finding operative language, checking stays, and stating status.
Guides
How to read a public opinion poll before reporting: sponsor, sample, wording, uncertainty
A step by step guide to reading a public opinion poll before reporting: sponsor, population, sample, wording, field dates, weighting, uncertainty, and comparison.
Maintenance
9 statistical claim checks before signing off
Statistical claim checklist for source, measure, sample, denominator, uncertainty, comparison, chart, causation, subgroup, revision, and headline checks.
Guides
Should a reporter explain uncertainty without a statistics lecture?
Statistics and polls reporting guide covering populations, samples, estimates, uncertainty, weighting, comparisons, revisions, causation, and clear language.
Guides
When a bill becomes law, the enactment date starts the policy clock, not the effective date
Explains that a bill's enactment date starts the policy clock, separate from effective, compliance, and enforcement dates, with records, funding, and measures.
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Guides
Institutional claims guide: matching expertise to the actual claim
Institutional claims and attribution guide covering source roles, documents, spokesperson authority, expert fit, conflicts, evidence, quotations, and corrections.
Guides
How BLS employment data is built, from the household survey to the payroll count
BLS employment data comes from two surveys, the household Current Population Survey and the payroll Current Employment Statistics count, so the numbers can diverge.
Features
7 ways California water rights shape drought reporting on farms
California water rights drought rules shape farm reporting: curtailment orders, senior versus junior claims, and groundwater basin rules decide who farms dry.
Guides
How Chicago's inspector general audits city agencies and what the reports show
Chicago inspector general audits start with complaints, move through fieldwork, and end in reports that measure city agencies against the municipal code.
Guides
U.S. privacy rules vs Canadian law, a guide for cross-border newsrooms
U.S. privacy law is sectoral and state-by-state, while Canada runs one federal statute plus Quebec's stricter rules on consent and transfers.
Features
Does the Texas grid price power the way ERCOT rules say it should?
ERCOT grid rules Texas shape power prices through scarcity pricing, operating reserves, and an offer cap the PUC writes, as Winter Storm Uri showed.
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Guides
Institutional claims guide: matching expertise to the actual claim
Institutional claims and attribution guide covering source roles, documents, spokesperson authority, expert fit, conflicts, evidence, quotations, and corrections.
Features
Case study: a fictional border closure and safe-passage claim
A fictional border closure shows how a desk separates an order from observed passage, tests a safe-corridor claim, and keeps movement totals in their own units.
Rules
Why repetition during a crisis can look like confirmation
Crisis reporting problems explained with fixes for recycled images, duplicate counts, stale orders, false precision, rumor loops, unsafe disclosure, and updates.
Reviews
Watches vs warnings vs orders, with emergency alerts compared plainly
Emergency information types compared across forecasts, watches, warnings, orders, observations, incident reports, damage estimates, and casualty records.