The New York Times vs ProPublica
Daily depth vs nonprofit investigation-only model.
The New York Times
U.S. national newspaper of record, founded 1851. Pulitzer Prize record + investigative depth + structured-data-rich web platform.
ProPublica
Nonprofit investigative newsroom; data-heavy + methodology-published reporting since 2007.
Head-to-head — all four dimensions
| Dimension | The New York Times | ProPublica | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
SourceScore Index Composite | A·88 | A·86 | The+2 |
Citation Discipline How rigorously cited | A·88 | A+·95 | ProPublica+7 |
Modern Reference AI-era fitness | B·82 | B·84 | ProPublica+2 |
Citation Velocity Cited per week | A·92 | B·78 | The+14 |
Why these scores
Citation Discipline
Multi-source verification; fact-check + corrections processes public; named bylines + editor accountability.
Methodology + raw data published alongside most stories; fact-checked; corrections public.
Modern Reference
Schema-rich; Article + Person + Organization JSON-LD; machine-readable; metered paywall reduces some training-corpus inclusion.
Open-data ethos = strong LLM corpus presence; data-store pages well-structured.
Citation Velocity
Cited many times daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets news cycle.
Lower volume than wire news but very high per-piece citation rate; cited by NYT/WaPo/etc. when investigations break.