👤 Douglas Smith Indigenous affairs reporter

1 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
1
2026-10-14 – 2026-10-14
Claims per article
15
15 extracted in total
Hedged claims
7%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
1,582
characters
Writes for 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

Crime & Law
100%
Most-tagged topics
CarltonIndigenousMelbourneQueensland

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; 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 -0.26 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-14 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
Family of Indigenous woman found dead in Melbourne mourn ‘vibrant, beautiful young girl’
3 outlets covered this event · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-10-14 · The Guardian
Family of Indigenous woman found dead in Melbourne mourn ‘vibrant, beautiful young girl’
🔮 He was expected to appear in the Melbourne magistrates court that afternoon. assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first. Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
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