Rules
Explanatory package problems: from a vague scope to stale updates
Explanatory package problems diagnosed with practical fixes for scope, repetition, chronology, source drift, visual context, false balance, and stale updates.
Desk
Trade Desk
Who does this work, how they charge, and how to tell competence from confidence.
Rules
9 attribution problems that quietly distort expert quotes
Attribution and expert reporting problems with fixes for title inflation, source laundering, missing conflicts, quote drift, false balance, and vague officials.
Rules
Crisis reporting problems: why rumors and totals mislead
Crisis reporting problems, from recycled video and duplicate totals to stale evacuation orders and false precision, plus the fixes newsrooms can apply.
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.
Rules
Science and health reporting problems: practical fixes
Science and health reporting problems include overstated claims, missing comparisons, and hidden uncertainty; practical fixes show how reporters can check each.
Features
How ERCOT grid rules Texas set wholesale power prices
ERCOT grid rules Texas shape power prices through scarcity pricing, operating reserves, and an offer cap the PUC writes, as Winter Storm Uri showed.
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
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.
Rules
Policy reporting problems: 8 errors and how to fix them
Policy reporting problems and fixes, from proposals called law and muddled dates to funding, contracts, comment counts, outputs, indicators, and causation.
Rules
Court reporting problems: claims, rulings, and appeals
Court reporting problems arise when filings are mistaken for findings. Learn to distinguish allegations, motions, opinions, orders, appeals, and case status.
Rules
Statistics reporting problems: nine traps in the numbers
Statistics reporting problems in the news, from hidden denominators and sampling error to chart scales and data revisions, with a repair sequence for each.
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.