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•Business
Business & Economics
85% Informative
Three -part series earned first place for Outstanding Explanatory Reporting, Small in Society of Environmental Journalists' 23rd Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment .
Judges called it “a masterful job of meticulous investigative reporting” and praised it as “an admirable model of what environmental reporting should strive to achieve” Gov. Jim Pillen dismissed reporter Yanqi Xu based on her nationality.
YX: It’s important to consult sources who’ve been to animal confinements and know how waste is managed.
The whole project took several months and we built more sources in the months when we took a hiatus from the story.
The organization ProJourn offered legal consulting resources, and we consulted lawyers throughout the reporting period.
VR Score
89
Informative language
90
Neutral language
45
Article tone
informal
Language
English
Language complexity
52
Offensive language
not offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
medium-lived
External references
7
Source diversity
2
Affiliate links
no affiliate links
