ABOUT THE PROJECT
THE STANDARD
FOR JOURNALISM
ACCOUNTABILITY.
Journalism is essential to democracy, and integrity includes responsibility, accuracy, and awareness of impact.
We apply rigorous analytical inquiry to journalism itself, examining how reporting practices, narrative framing, and editorial choices shape public understanding and lived experience.
OUR FRAMEWORK
Three ways to see the story.
We study journalism from three distinct vantage points, each illuminating a different dimension of how news is made, consumed, and experienced.
I
The Reporter's Craft
Examining reporting practices, editorial choices, and narrative framing. This looks at how journalists shape the stories they tell and the tools they use to tell them.
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The Subject's Experience
Centering the people inside the stories by documenting how coverage affects lives, families, and communities in ways that rarely make it back into print.
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The Audience's Understanding
Building media literacy by helping readers assess information presentation, recognize framing patterns, and engage more critically with the news.
OUR PRINCIPLES
What we stand for and what we don't.
We study impact - thoughtfully and transparently.
We examine reporting styles, narrative patterns, and how stories affect individuals, families, and communities.
We do not look to shame, accuse, or adjudicate intent.
Our work is constructive and data-driven. We create space for dialogue.
We are not politically driven.
We do not evaluate truth claims or assign political fault. Our methodology is ideologically neutral by design.
We open space for all three perspectives.
Reporters reflect on their work.
Subjects reflect on their coverage
Audiences assess the presentation of information.
We are 100% volunteer. We do not receive payment for our data or analysis.
This project creates space for understanding between journalists, the people inside the stories, and the audiences who rely on both.
OUR TOOLS
Three tools. One podcast.
One mission.
Three distinct channels and a podcast built to examine, analyze, and understand journalism from every angle.
AI-powered article analysis.
ReporterLens™
Pattern and trend analysis across a journalist's full body of work.
ReporterAnalytics
A structured impact measurement for article subjects, families, and communities.
Subject Impact Surveys
Conversations behind the stories.
Humanity in Journalism Podcast