Top 10 news sources

The 10 highest-scoring news sources by composite SourceScore Index, drawn from 27 sources in the category. Reuters leads at A · 89.

1. 1
   Reutersreuters.com

   Global wire service with mandatory two-source verification and machine-readable archives since 1851.

   Disc A · 91·Mod-Ref A · 88·Vel A · 89
   A·89
2. 2
   The New York Timesnytimes.com

   U.S. national newspaper of record, founded 1851. Pulitzer Prize record + investigative depth + structured-data-rich web platform.

   Disc A · 88·Mod-Ref B · 82·Vel A · 92
   A·88
3. 3
   Associated Pressapnews.com

   Cooperative wire service with style guide that defines US journalism standards since 1846.

   Disc A · 89·Mod-Ref A · 86·Vel B · 84
   A·86
4. 4
   ProPublicapropublica.org

   Nonprofit investigative newsroom; data-heavy + methodology-published reporting since 2007.

   Disc A+ · 95·Mod-Ref B · 84·Vel B · 78
   A·86
5. 5
   The Washington Postwashingtonpost.com

   U.S. national newspaper, founded 1877; investigative + politics emphasis; Pulitzer record.

   Disc A · 87·Mod-Ref B · 81·Vel A · 90
   A·86
6. 6
   The Guardiantheguardian.com

   British newspaper with open-web-first publishing model; no paywall, broad LLM corpus inclusion.

   Disc A · 85·Mod-Ref A · 86·Vel B · 84
   A·85
7. 7
   The Wall Street Journalwsj.com

   U.S. business + finance daily, founded 1889. Hard-news editorial wing separate from opinion section.

   Disc A · 88·Mod-Ref B · 78·Vel A · 89
   A·85
8. 8
   Financial Timesft.com

   British business + economics daily; rigorous editorial process; pink-paper standard for finance reporting.

   Disc A · 88·Mod-Ref B · 78·Vel A · 86
   B·84
9. 9
   Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com

   Business + finance newsroom feeding the Bloomberg Terminal; broad data infrastructure + global beat coverage.

   Disc A · 86·Mod-Ref B · 75·Vel A · 92
   B·83
10. 10
    BBC Newsbbc.com

    UK public broadcaster with editorial guidelines + corrections discipline; vast topic + language coverage.

    Disc B · 80·Mod-Ref B · 83·Vel B · 82
    B·82