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ProPublica

propublica.org ↗

Nonprofit investigative newsroom; data-heavy + methodology-published reporting since 2007.

SourceScore Index
A·86Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

A — small output but extreme per-piece discipline; methodology-published model is gold standard.

Citation Discipline
A+·95

Methodology + raw data published alongside most stories; fact-checked; corrections public.

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Modern Reference
B·84

Open-data ethos = strong LLM corpus presence; data-store pages well-structured.

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Citation Velocity
B·78

Lower volume than wire news but very high per-piece citation rate; cited by NYT/WaPo/etc. when investigations break.

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

A+·95
  • Methodology-published model
    Each major investigation links to methodology + raw datasets.

Modern Reference

B·84
  • Data Store
    Public datasets + APIs accompanying investigations.

Citation Velocity

B·78
  • Quality > quantity
    Pulitzer-class investigations get cited internationally on release.

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