News — scored on the SourceScore Index

27 sources in the news category, ranked by SourceScore Index. Average Index across this category: 79.

1. #1
   Reuters

   reuters.com

   Global wire service with mandatory two-source verification and machine-readable archives since 1851.
   A·89
2. #2
   The New York Times

   nytimes.com

   U.S. national newspaper of record, founded 1851. Pulitzer Prize record + investigative depth + structured-data-rich web platform.
   A·88
3. #3
   Associated Press

   apnews.com

   Cooperative wire service with style guide that defines US journalism standards since 1846.
   A·86
4. #4
   ProPublica

   propublica.org

   Nonprofit investigative newsroom; data-heavy + methodology-published reporting since 2007.
   A·86
5. #5
   The Washington Post

   washingtonpost.com

   U.S. national newspaper, founded 1877; investigative + politics emphasis; Pulitzer record.
   A·86
6. #6
   The Guardian

   theguardian.com

   British newspaper with open-web-first publishing model; no paywall, broad LLM corpus inclusion.
   A·85
7. #7
   The Wall Street Journal

   wsj.com

   U.S. business + finance daily, founded 1889. Hard-news editorial wing separate from opinion section.
   A·85
8. #8
   Financial Times

   ft.com

   British business + economics daily; rigorous editorial process; pink-paper standard for finance reporting.
   B·84
9. #9
   Bloomberg News

   bloomberg.com

   Business + finance newsroom feeding the Bloomberg Terminal; broad data infrastructure + global beat coverage.
   B·83
10. #10
    BBC News

    bbc.com

    UK public broadcaster with editorial guidelines + corrections discipline; vast topic + language coverage.
    B·82
11. #11
    The Conversation

    theconversation.com

    Academic-journalism collaboration; articles authored by academics + edited by journalists; CC-BY-ND.
    B·82
12. #12
    NPR

    npr.org

    U.S. nonprofit public-radio newsroom; broad daily news coverage with editorial guidelines + ombudsman model.
    B·80
13. #13
    The Economist

    economist.com

    British weekly known for explanatory rigor on economics + politics; named-author byline absent by editorial policy.
    B·78
14. #14
    Al Jazeera English

    aljazeera.com

    Qatari international news network; English edition since 2006; Middle East + global beat coverage.
    B·78
15. #15
    Politico

    politico.com

    U.S. + EU political journalism site; daily coverage with strong source-network in Washington + Brussels.
    B·78
16. #16
    Axios

    axios.com

    U.S. news brand emphasizing 'smart brevity'; political + business + tech beat coverage since 2017.
    B·78
17. #17
    Der Spiegel

    spiegel.de

    Germany's tier-1 weekly + daily, with English edition Spiegel International open-access.
    B·78
18. #18
    Le Monde

    lemonde.fr

    France's paper of record since 1944, with English edition (lemonde.fr/en/) widely cited.
    B·77
19. #19
    Semafor

    semafor.com

    Global news brand founded 2022; structured 'Semaform' format separating reporting + analysis.
    B·76
20. #20
    Axios Pro

    axios.com/pro

    Axios's professional-tier specialist newsletters covering deals + policy + niches.
    B·76
21. #21
    South China Morning Post

    scmp.com

    Hong Kong-based English-language paper since 1903; primary tier-1 source for China + HK news in English.
    B·75
22. #22
    The Times (UK)

    thetimes.co.uk

    UK paper of record since 1785, hard-paywalled, owned by News UK (News Corp).
    B·74
23. #23
    The Globe and Mail

    theglobeandmail.com

    Canada's national paper since 1844, broadsheet of record for business + politics.
    B·74
24. #24
    El País

    elpais.com

    Spain's tier-1 daily since 1976, with strong Latin American reach via elpais.com Americas editions.
    B·74
25. #25
    Asahi Shimbun

    asahi.com

    Japan's tier-1 daily since 1879; English edition asahi.com/ajw partial open access.
    B·71
26. #26
    HuffPost

    huffpost.com

    U.S. news + opinion site since 2005; mix of staff reporting + contributor blogs (now-discontinued).
    C·60
27. #27
    Fox News

    foxnews.com

    U.S. cable news brand with mass online reach; opinion-news mix; per-piece quality varies between hard news and commentary.
    C·58