ReporterLens™
AI Tool
Use our free ReporterLens™ Tool with ANY article you'd like analyzed within seconds. Our proprietary tool uses AI to evaluate journalism by analyzing multiple signals related to accuracy, sourcing, balance, bias, context, and ethical standards aligned with professional reporting norms like the SPJ Code of Ethics. It breaks an article down into structured data points to assess how well claims are supported, how fairly perspectives are represented, and whether the framing or language may mislead or cause harm. The result is a concise reliability and quality assessment that helps readers quickly understand the journalistic integrity of a piece, and journalists understand where they excelled or missed the mark.
AI Tool in Detail
When you open up the free ReporterLens™ tool, it prompts an article URL. Simply copy and paste in the URL and the tool will provide analysis within a few seconds. If your article is behind a paywall, cut and past the copy into the "Paste Text" option.
Analysis
The analysis provides an overall A–F letter grade on Structural Alignment, aggregated from 16 equally weighted metrics across four categories: Core structural measures (Emotional Tone, Theatrical Adjectives, Sensationalism, Agenda Pushing, Missing Context, Evidence-Claim Gap, Attribution Quality, Headline Accuracy, and Fact Verification Quality), the four principles of the SPJ Code of Ethics (Seek Truth, Minimize Harm, Act Independently, Be Accountable), and deeper analysis scores (Source Credibility, Fact-Checker Completeness, Entity Coverage Balance, and Subject Mastery). Based on this data, one of five Archetypes is assigned — Moral Witness, Investigator, Storyteller, Analyst, or Advocate — along with a tailored "How to Read This Article" guide. We do not measure political leanings in our analyses. Our methodology is outlined here.
Detailed breakout reports cover Entity Bias, Source Credibility, a Fact-Checker's Review, Legal Risk, Human Impact, and Subject Mastery.
The system also generates actionable improvement suggestions based on the weakest scoring areas.
Assessment
A Detailed Assessment is provided so that reporters/writers can receive immediate feedback, subjects can identify bias, and readers can gauge the effectiveness and accuracy of the article. The methodology and all metrics can be described here.
Patterns & Trends
The Media Integrity Project takes this analysis one step further by analyzing a body of work from ReporterLens™ and pulls out trends and patterns (by author, publication or topic) over a period of time via ReporterAnalytics. We also initiate SubjectImpactSurvey to allow the subjects of these articles have a voice on the impact of the articles on their businesses, lives, relationships, families, and mental health. This is all put into The Reporter Report. This report is only available to journalists who are guests of our Podcast, Humanity in Journalism. Learn more below:
