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 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 state climate laws and the carbon market that sets fuel prices
Washington state climate laws carbon market: how the Climate Commitment Act, Ecology cap and invest auctions and allowance prices reach the fuel pump.
Guides
Science reporting guides work best when evidence and advice stay separate
Science and health reporting guide covering study design, uncertainty, risk, expert review, practical advice, revisions, and responsible headlines.
Features
Was the compliance date ever the date that actually mattered?
Rule date desk case showing how a fictional newsroom separates publication, effect, manufacturing coverage, compliance, testing capacity, and enforcement.
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.
Features
Seasonal data desk case: explaining a revised jobs headline, 2027 edition
Seasonal data desk case showing how a fictional newsroom separates raw and adjusted jobs figures, calculates changes, checks revisions, and fixes a headline.
Features
Record version desk case: tracing the signed contract from a draft
Record version desk case showing how a fictional newsroom distinguishes a draft, signed contract, amendment, invoice total, and authenticated source copy.
Features
Can a confused alert be rebuilt into a clean desk timeline?
Developing story desk case showing how a fictional newsroom checks an alert, rebuilds its timeline, fixes attribution, and publishes a correction.
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.
Rules
Is a stale lead the first sign of a broken news briefing?
Developing news briefing problems explained with fixes for stale leads, false certainty, weak attribution, time confusion, clutter, and hidden corrections.
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.
Guides
8 pointers on government policy reporting that hold up
Government policy reporting guide covering authority, proposals, enactment, rules, funding, implementation, affected groups, measures, deadlines, and results.
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.
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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
Can you cite an official document without knowing its status?
Official document reading method for provenance, version, authority, definitions, footnotes, attachments, omissions, comparisons, citations, and reporting limits.
Guides
How to read a public opinion poll before reporting it: the 2027 view
Public opinion poll reading method for sponsor, population, sample, field dates, mode, question wording, weighting, uncertainty, subgroups, and claims.
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
Which policy clock actually starts when a bill becomes law
Policy implementation method for collecting text, authority, comments, dates, funding, guidance, systems, enforcement, appeals, measures, and revisions.
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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.
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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 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.