Every scorecard, side by side
In 12 markets, a panel of three AI models scores local news outlets every day, with every outlet name and byline removed first. Each market has its own scorecard. This page puts them side by side, and each row links to the scorecard with every outlet, every number and the full method.
How the markets compare#
In every market we measure, the middle of the tracked outlets shows no clear tilt. Markets differ more on checking: the middle of Rio Grande Valley's outlets scores 1.3 of 4, and Eastern Washington's scores 2.1.
Each dot is one market, at the middle of the outlets we track there. Tap a market, or move to it with Tab and press Enter, to see how far its outlets spread and to open its scorecard.
- The middle is taken separately on each measure, so a dot need not match any one outlet. We track a handful of each region's largest outlets, not every outlet.
- Left to right is which way coverage tilts, zoomed to -0.75 to +0.75 of the full -3 to +3 scale. Between the dashed lines is no clear tilt, under 0.5 either way.
- Up is how often reporters check what officials say, from 0 to 4, zoomed to 1 to 2.5. The corner colors match each scorecard's market map.
- Scoring started on different days: ; ; ; ; .
Every market, in numbers#
| Market | Pages | Outlets | Articles scored | Tilt, middle (spread) | Checking of 4, middle (spread) | Scored since | Latest run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | Scorecard · Coverage map | 12 | 1,834 | -0.3 (-1.2 to +2) | 1.9 (0.8 to 2.6) | ||
| Central Appalachia | Scorecard · Coverage map | 5 | 565 | -0.2 (-0.6 to -0.1) | 1.8 (1.2 to 2.2) | ||
| Central Valley | Scorecard · Coverage map | 5 | 355 | -0.2 (-0.9 to -0.1) | 1.9 (1.4 to 2.3) | ||
| Eastern Washington | Scorecard · Coverage map | 5 | 388 | -0.3 (-1.3 to 0) | 2.1 (1.5 to 2.3) | ||
| Hawaii | Scorecard · Coverage map | 6 | 529 | -0.2 (-0.4 to -0.1) | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.4) | ||
| Inland Empire | Scorecard · Coverage map | 10 | 435 | -0.1 (-1.4 to +0.4) | 1.65 (0.5 to 2.1) | ||
| Lehigh Valley | Scorecard · Coverage map | 6 | 544 | -0.1 (-0.4 to 0) | 1.4 (1.2 to 1.9) | ||
| Long Island | Scorecard · Coverage map | 4 | 336 | -0.25 (-0.4 to 0) | 1.5 (0.9 to 1.8) | ||
| Northwest Arkansas | Scorecard · Coverage map | 5 | 346 | +0.1 (-0.5 to +0.2) | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.3) | ||
| Ozarks | Scorecard · Coverage map | 5 | 342 | -0.2 (-0.7 to 0) | 1.7 (1.4 to 2.4) | ||
| Rio Grande Valley | Scorecard · Coverage map | 4 | 286 | -0.05 (-0.2 to +0.2) | 1.3 (0.8 to 1.6) | ||
| Upstate New York | Scorecard · Coverage map | 8 | 504 | -0.4 (-0.9 to -0.2) | 1.8 (1.6 to 2.4) |
Tilt runs from -3 to +3, where negative is progressive and positive is conservative. Checking is how often reporters test what officials say, from 0 to 4. A market's profile, with the newsroom planned there, is on Where we're building newsrooms.