Research

Rewrites scientific, legal, financial, or technical jargon into plain language suitable for a general news audience — preserving accuracy while making the meaning immediately clear...

Produces a structured assessment of the current scientific consensus on a specific topic — distinguishing between what is well-established, what is actively debated, and what...

Summarises a scientific paper in plain language — covering the research question, methodology, key findings, limitations, and implications — so a journalist can accurately report...

Evaluates the methodology of a published study in plain language — identifying its strengths, weaknesses, and the specific claims the study design can and cannot...

Produces a structured research plan for mapping the ownership, governance, and organisational structure of a company or corporate group — identifying the public registries, filings,...

Produces a structured, neutral summary of the current state of a public debate or controversy — mapping the main positions, the actors behind them, the...

Produces a structured research plan for tracing the funding sources of an organisation — NGO, think tank, campaign group, political organisation, or research institution —...

Identifies historical precedents relevant to a current news event or policy debate, provides a structured comparison showing why each precedent is or is not analogous,...

Produces a structured research framework for tracing the full legislative or regulatory history of a specific law, bill, or regulation — identifying the key milestones,...

Takes a specific indicator or metric and produces a structured, journalist-ready comparison of how multiple countries perform on that measure, including context on what the...

Produces a concise, journalist-ready profile of the population structure, trends, and key demographic characteristics of a specified region, city, country, or community — ready to...

Takes raw numbers you provide and calculates derived figures — percentage changes, per-capita rates, index values, or ratios — with plain-language explanations ready to drop...

Identifies the most authoritative official source for a given statistical indicator and tells you exactly where to find the most recent figures, what the data...

Produces a step-by-step guide — tailored to a journalist's specific story angle — for finding, filtering, and downloading the right data from a named public...

Translates the key findings of a statistical report into plain, journalist-ready language — pulling out the numbers that matter, explaining what they mean, and flagging...

Compiles a structured set of credible, ready-to-cite statistics on a specific topic, sourced from recognised institutions, government databases, and peer-reviewed research.

Reads a set of data points or a described data series and identifies the meaningful trends within it, expressed in plain, publication-ready language.

Produces a structured research plan for tracing a widely circulated claim back to its original source — mapping the citation chain, identifying where distortion may...

Produces a plain-language summary of the legal framework applicable to a story — identifying the relevant statutes, regulations, regulatory bodies, and legal principles — so...

Produces a structured source-protection assessment for a specific source in a specific story, covering risk level, communication security guidance, legal protections available, editorial handling recommendations,...

Produces a structured verification brief for a specific claim — listing the key questions to investigate, the source types to consult, the red flags to...

Produces a structured brief identifying the potential financial, professional, and relational conflicts of interest a source or stakeholder may have — and recommending what to...

Produces a concise, reporter-ready briefing note explaining the cultural, religious, or social context a journalist needs before covering a community, practice, or event they are...

Produces a structured, neutral summary of an ongoing public debate or controversy — mapping the major positions, the evidence each side draws on, and the...

Generates a structured red-flag checklist for a specific document or quote a journalist has received, identifying the observable indicators that commonly appear in fabricated, altered,...

Builds a detailed, prose-style chronology of events for a given story — ordered by date, written in clear narrative language, and structured so a journalist...

Compiles key events into a structured, scannable timeline — formatted as a table or numbered list — designed for use in graphic production, digital interactives,...

Produces a structured research brief on the known and probable funding sources of an NGO, think tank, advocacy group, or foundation — including disclosed donors,...

Produces a chronological brief tracing how a law or regulation came to be — the political context, the key amendments and turning points, and what...

Produces a structured research framework mapping the internal hierarchy, key decision-makers, departments, and reporting lines of any company, institution, or organisation — so journalists can...

Produces a structured research framework for tracing who ultimately owns and controls a company or media outlet — including parent companies, holding structures, investors, and...

Produces a structured research framework that maps the key political actors, power dynamics, fault lines, and contextual background a journalist needs to understand before reporting...

Takes a specific claim and a list of sources you have gathered, then maps which sources support, contradict, or are silent on the claim —...

Runs a structured checklist over every statistic in your draft — flagging figures that look wrong, comparisons that may mislead, and numbers that need a...

Organise user-provided notes, facts, and context into a structured background brief for a story — creating a scannable reference document that a journalist, producer, or...

Identifies which museums, national archives, libraries, film institutes, or specialist collections are most likely to hold historical material relevant to your story or documentary subject....

Produces a practical brief covering the best time of day, season, and weather window for filming at a specific location, including light conditions, crowd patterns,...

Researches and compares potential locations for a filmed or recorded interview, evaluating each against practical criteria — visual suitability, acoustic quality, access, and narrative fit...

Produces a structured brief summarising the permit requirements, access restrictions, and key contacts needed to film or photograph at a specific location.

Produces a written visual brief describing the architectural character, light conditions, landscape qualities, and cinematic potential of a specific location — giving a director, cinematographer,...

Identifies the most relevant photo archives, picture libraries, and institutional collections likely to hold historical images for a specific story, topic, or time period —...

Generates a complete, shoot-specific packing and equipment checklist organized by category, crew role, and travel constraints.

Produces a structured brief for a researcher or footage coordinator to use when sourcing stock or archive footage from libraries, broadcasters, or specialist archives.

Produces a structured logistics checklist for a reporting trip — covering the research categories a journalist needs to investigate before travel, including transport, accommodation, credentials,...

Produces a structured framework for reviewing how a topic has been covered by other media outlets — identifying the dominant narrative frames, the sources quoted,...

Produces a structured press roundup that summarises how multiple outlets covered a single event or topic — organised by editorial angle rather than by outlet...

Produces a structured summary of how other outlets have already covered a given topic, so you can enter any story with a clear picture of...

Interprets audience engagement signals from a competitor's published piece — comments, shares, reader responses, social traction — to identify what resonated with the audience and...

Identifies the editorial angle, narrative frame, and implicit assumptions a competitor has used on a story, so you can make a deliberate choice about how...

Analyses existing coverage on a topic to identify the specific angles, voices, and questions that no outlet has meaningfully addressed — producing a prioritised list...

Produces a structured monitoring brief that tells a reporter or editor exactly what to watch, where to watch it, and how often — so a...

Produces a short editorial brief that maps the trending conversations on a beat — identifying which topics are gaining public attention, why, and whether any...

Generates a structured biographical research plan for a specific person, listing the public-record sources to check, the biographical questions to answer, and the verification steps...

Produces a structured map of the key individuals and institutions with decision-making power over a specific policy issue — identifying who holds formal authority, who...

Produces a step-by-step guide for locating the correct press office, media contact, or spokesperson for a specific organisation, institution, or public figure — so the...

Produces a structured research plan for systematically locating everything a specific person has published, said on the record, or appeared in — across academic journals,...

Generate a structured biographical research template for a named person — listing the key facts to verify, the categories of information to gather, and the...

Builds a structured research framework for locating publicly available contact routes for a named person — including institutional channels, public profiles, press offices, and professional...

Generate a structured expert-sourcing strategy for a story — identifying the types of experts needed, the criteria for selecting them, where to look, and what...

Produces a structured shortlist of potential interview partners for a given story or topic — with role descriptions, the angle each person would best serve,...

Maps the roles, institutions, and access channels a journalist needs to identify who actually controls a given policy area — from elected officials to unelected...

Produces a structured research framework for finding, organising, and verifying a named person's previous public statements on a specific topic, so a journalist can enter...

Produces a structured research framework for building a verified publication history for a named author, journalist, scientist, or academic — listing where to look, what...

Produces a structured checklist of verification steps and questions a journalist should work through to confirm that a source's claimed professional credentials are genuine before...

Produces a focused verification plan — specific sources to consult and direct questions to ask — to confirm that a quoted person currently holds the...

Locates accessible copies of paywalled, removed, or hard-to-find published material using Unpaywall, CORE, Semantic Scholar, library databases, and equivalent open-access routes — giving journalists and...

Produces a monitoring plan for tracking changes to a target web page over time — covering change-detection tools, RSS-based monitoring, webhook alerts, and a structured...

Produces a step-by-step archiving plan for preserving a live web page using Wayback Machine and Archive.today, with multi-archive redundancy and guidance on legal evidence preservation...

Maps the academic publishing landscape for a given field — explaining which journals matter, what they signal about credibility, and where preprints fit — so...

Explains what meta-analyses and systematic reviews are, how to locate them for a given topic, and how to read them critically — giving journalists a...

Translates the key findings of a scientific paper — abstract, methods, and conclusions — into clear, accurate plain English that any reader can understand without...

Produces a structured verification checklist for any scientific paper or research claim you plan to cite, covering every step a journalist should take to confirm...

Translates dense scientific terminology from academic papers, press releases, or expert interviews into plain English a journalist can quote or paraphrase.

Produces a structured, plain-language briefing on the state of scientific research for a given topic — summarising what is established, what is contested, and what...