👤 Jonathan Watts

5 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
5
2026-09-04 – 2026-10-17
Claims per article
36
179 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,747
characters
Writes for Mother Jones, The Guardian.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
60%
Environment
20%
World
20%
Most-tagged topics
BrazilBrazilianBungeCarbon BriefCargillChinaClimate DeskCongress

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.29 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-08 · Mother Jones · Politics
Flávio Bolsonaro’s Advance in Brazil’s Election Is Grim News for the Climate
22 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-10-07 · The Guardian · Politics
Flávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim jolt for climate campaigners
22 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-10-16 · The Guardian · Environment
Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms
5 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-17 · The Guardian · Politics
US corporate lobbyists mounted ‘blitz’ to dilute landmark EU deforestation law, report finds
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-09-04 · The Guardian · World
China’s falling emissions amid Iran war spark hope of decarbonisation watershed
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-04 · The Guardian
China’s falling emissions amid Iran war spark hope of decarbonisation watershed
🔮 It also reinforces hopes that China, which is the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter, may be nearing a turning point in decarbonising its economy. assertive
2026-10-07 · The Guardian
Flávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim jolt for climate campaigners
🔮 He has said that his father could have any position he wants in his administration. assertive
2026-10-08 · Mother Jones
Flávio Bolsonaro’s Advance in Brazil’s Election Is Grim News for the Climate
🔮 He has said that his father could have any position he wants in his administration. assertive
2026-10-16 · The Guardian
Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms
🔮 This is significant as the Cerrado has long been treated as an area of environmental sacrifice, where soy and beef producers could clear more forest than they were allowed to do in the Amazon. assertive
2026-10-17 · The Guardian
US corporate lobbyists mounted ‘blitz’ to dilute landmark EU deforestation law, report finds
🔮 US corporate lobbyists launched a two-year “blitz” to postpone and weaken the world’s most progressive legislation to protect forests, according to a new investigation by the environmental watchdog Mighty Earth. assertive
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