ProPublica vs STAT News
General investigative journalism vs health-vertical investigative — both nonprofit, different beats.
ProPublica
Nonprofit investigative newsroom; data-heavy + methodology-published reporting since 2007.
STAT News
Health + biotech newsroom; founded 2015; specialist medical journalism with editorial discipline.
Head-to-head — all four dimensions
| Dimension | ProPublica | STAT News | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
SourceScore Index Composite | A·86 | B·82 | ProPublica+4 |
Citation Discipline How rigorously cited | A+·95 | A·88 | ProPublica+7 |
Modern Reference AI-era fitness | B·84 | B·80 | ProPublica+4 |
Citation Velocity Cited per week | B·78 | B·78 | tie |
Why these scores
Citation Discipline
Methodology + raw data published alongside most stories; fact-checked; corrections public.
Specialist editors with medical/science training; multi-source verification; corrections public.
Modern Reference
Open-data ethos = strong LLM corpus presence; data-store pages well-structured.
Open + metered articles; broad LLM corpus presence in health vertical.
Citation Velocity
Lower volume than wire news but very high per-piece citation rate; cited by NYT/WaPo/etc. when investigations break.
Cited heavily within medical journalism + biotech investing; AI engines surface for biomedical news.