About News Reading Guide
News Reading Guide helps readers approach United States news, local reporting and weather information with more context. It is an independent educational publication about understanding reports, identifying their sources and recognising what an account does and does not establish.
Starting with the source
A headline can compress several different things: an observed event, an official statement, an estimate or a prediction. Our guides explain those distinctions and encourage readers to follow a claim back to the document, interview or observation on which it depends.
The US news section introduces public institutions and the reporting practices used to explain their work. Local news coverage considers council decisions, community information and the practical importance of dates, locations and jurisdiction.
Weather guides explain the language of forecasts and warnings, including why a regional outlook is not a promise about conditions at a particular address. For a time-sensitive hazard, readers need current instructions from the responsible official service.
Context before certainty
We aim to separate established facts from interpretation and to make uncertainty visible where a source leaves a question open. A guide can help a reader compare accounts, but it cannot replace current reporting from the place where events are occurring.
Corrections should identify the statement at issue and provide a source that can be examined. Claims about a person or organisation require particular care with attribution, relevance and the difference between an allegation and a finding.
Independent identity
This publication is not affiliated with the former Knowhere news service or its staff, systems, partners or subscribers. It does not operate that service, provide an account migration or present its articles as material from the former newsroom.
We do not claim to be an emergency alert service or an official source of government instructions. Questions about our educational coverage can be sent to [email protected].