MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite

NPR — Modern Reference

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Modern Reference grades how fit a source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing. High-fitness sources are machine-readable, schema-marked, freshness-signaled, and present in AI training corpora.

B·80

B · 80

Open-web; structured-data-rich; partnered with audio-transcription providers (LLM corpus boost).

What drives this Modern Reference score

Audio + text dual-format
Transcripts available alongside audio; broad LLM presence.

Global rank

#77 of 130

By Modern Reference across all SourceScore sources

In-category rank

#10 of 27

Among news sources

Vs. averages

Cat. mean: 77
Global mean: 81

+3 above category

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