MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite
ProPublica vs STAT News — Modern Reference
How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.
Verdict
ProPublica outscores STAT News on Modern Citation Reference by 4 points (B · 84 vs B · 80).
Higher Modern Reference
News
ProPublica
propublica.org
B·84
Rank #61 of 130 on Modern Reference
Open-data ethos = strong LLM corpus presence; data-store pages well-structured.
Health
STAT News
statnews.com
B·80
Rank #79 of 130 on Modern Reference
Open + metered articles; broad LLM corpus presence in health vertical.
Global rank · Modern Reference
Why these Modern Reference scores
ProPublicaB·84
Modern Reference · 84/100
Open-data ethos = strong LLM corpus presence; data-store pages well-structured.
STAT NewsB·80
Modern Reference · 80/100
Open + metered articles; broad LLM corpus presence in health vertical.
Signals behind the Modern Reference score
ProPublica
- Data StorePublic datasets + APIs accompanying investigations.
STAT News
- Health-vertical densityDefault citation for biotech + drug-development news.
Other dimensions for ProPublica vs STAT News
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