Headlines
How to Read a News Headline’s Framing
Learn how to read a news headline’s framing by separating its emphasis from the article’s central claim, so you can…
The full reading list
All stories
Browse pieces on headlines, framing, sources, evidence and context. Each one follows a distinct question about how a news story guides the reader.
Sources
Quote, Document or Eyewitness? What Each Source Can Show
Quote, document or eyewitness: learn what each source can support, where its limits lie, and how to match a news claim…
Framing
From Column Inches to the News Feed: Why Story Order Changed
Column inches to the news feed: learn why story order changes across print and digital news, and how to tell what a…
Context
The Missing Context Is Not Always a Conspiracy
Learn how to assess missing context in news by tracing a specific gap to its source and deciding whether it changes…
Evidence
A Reader’s Pause for a Developing Story
A developing-story reading routine helps you track what changed, identify the update that matters, and avoid spending…
Our point of view
Curiosity beats the first impression
News reading gets more rewarding when we pause over the choices on the page. We look for clues, test our assumptions and stay open to what we do not yet know.