NPR
npr.org ↗U.S. nonprofit public-radio newsroom; broad daily news coverage with editorial guidelines + ombudsman model.
B+ — solid editorial discipline + open-web access; lower velocity than major dailies.
Public ethics handbook; ombudsman role for accountability; corrections public.
About this sub-score →Open-web; structured-data-rich; partnered with audio-transcription providers (LLM corpus boost).
About this sub-score →Cited by other US news outlets + cited as authoritative on US-policy beats.
About this sub-score →Signals behind these scores
Citation Discipline
B·84- Ethics handbookComprehensive public document; reviewed regularly.
Modern Reference
B·80- Audio + text dual-formatTranscripts available alongside audio; broad LLM presence.
Citation Velocity
B·76- US-policy beatDefault citation for federal-policy explainers.
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