The Daily Northwestern
A local outlet rated high on credibility, with a lean close to the center. None of the stories it hosts is a confirmed repost.A local outlet rated high on credibility, with a lean close to center. None of its stories here are confirmed reposts.
- CREDIBILITY
- 70High
- LEAN
- 50Center
- ORIGINALITY
- 100%
- STORIES
- 12none this week
- REPRINTED
- 0times
Credibility 12 stories · 95% range 68–73 · updated Oct 9, 2026Lean 12 stories · 95% range 46–53 · updated Oct 9, 2026Originality 12 hosted stories · updated Oct 9, 2026
The Daily Northwestern at a glance
SCORECARD
Ticks mark the local news average; on the lean bar, its own lean.STORIES · 12 MONTHS
12March spike: 10 stories, 10 of them on Elections/Campaigns and 3 on Foreign Policy.
Hatched: Nov–Feb, when ChamberLight collected few or no stories from any outlet, so a gap there is not the outlet’s.
LATEST ACTIVITY
- SCORECredibility 71 → 70 Oct 9 · 12 stories
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: Thomas Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth 81 outlets covered it
The Daily Northwestern’s scores: credibility, lean and originality
CREDIBILITY
The combined AI rating of its own stories, 0 to 100, for the outlet’s transparency, standards, corrections and original reporting. 4 points below the local news average (74).
POLITICAL LEAN
Where its news stories sit from 0 (left) to 100 (right). Opinion pieces are left out, and its stories reposted on other sites count toward it.
ORIGINALITY
The share of stories it hosts that are not confirmed copies of another outlet’s article. A copy counts here once its original publisher is known.
SCORE HISTORY · 12 MONTHSHISTORY · 12 MO
Dotted where ChamberLight collected few or no stories (Nov–Feb). The dashed line is the local news average (74). How score history works
Challenges to these scores
No one has challenged a score on this page yet. Anyone can; editors publish every outcome here.
What The Daily Northwestern covers: topics and people
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICS
TICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL- Elections/Campaigns67%+27 PTS against 40% of all outlets’ stories
- Healthcare8%+5 PTS against 3% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 9 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 9 PAIRS
- 1Daniel Biss (Democrat)6 stories
- 2Elizabeth Warren (Democrat)1 stories
- 3John Elleson (Republican)1 stories
- 4Lauren Underwood (Democrat)1 stories
How The Daily Northwestern framed shared stories, and what it skipped
WHAT IT SKIPPED · BLINDSPOTS
Stories that 8 or more news outlets covered in the last 30 days and The Daily Northwestern did not.
The Daily Northwestern’s owner, reprints and similar outlets
OWNERSHIP
WHO REPRINTS IT
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Compare The Daily Northwestern with other outlets
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories positive toward a party minus the share negative, from −100 to +100. No story in the last 90 days was covered by all four.
- The Daily NorthwesternTHIS SOURCE
- KYMA
- Wpde
- Now Georgia
CREDIBILITY
LEAN (50 = CENTER)
ORIGINALITY
STORIES
ELECTIONS/CAMPAIGNS COVERAGE
TONE TOWARD GOP
TONE TOWARD DEMS
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories positive toward a party minus the share negative, from −100 to +100. No story in the last 90 days was covered by all four.
- Mainly about Daniel BissCRED 65REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Lauren UnderwoodCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Daniel BissCRED 65REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Daniel BissCRED 65REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Daniel BissCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Laura FineCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John EllesonCRED 70REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Laura FineCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Elizabeth WarrenCRED 70REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Daniel BissCRED 70REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Juliana StrattonCRED 70REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Juliana StrattonCRED 70REPRINTS —
