👤 James Costa

8 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
8
2026-09-11 – 2026-10-21
Claims per article
22
180 extracted in total
Hedged claims
5%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,409
characters
Writes for The Sydney Morning Herald.
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
62%
Crime & Law
12%
Health
12%
Technology
12%
Most-tagged topics
VictoriaMelbourneVictorianWangarattaABC NewsIndiAboriginalAge

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
2 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 -0.27 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
The ‘generous’ words Helen Haines had for her rescuers
15 outlets covered this event
2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
Helen Haines injured in electorate office incident
15 outlets covered this event
2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
Helen Haines injured near electorate office: reports
15 outlets covered this event
2026-09-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
‘The most fundamentally decent of people’: Transparency campaigner and Greens MP Tim Read dies aged 64
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law
Hundreds march to parliament to honour alleged domestic violence victim
2 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
How median strips became the latest battlefront in Melbourne’s NIMBY war
2 outlets covered this event · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-09-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘The most fundamentally decent of people’: Transparency campaigner and Greens MP Tim Read dies aged 64
🔮 “Countless times doorknocking I’ve heard from community members, ‘I’ve met Tim, Tim helped me!’” Adam Pulford, a Merri-bek councillor and the Greens candidate for Brunswick, said in a post on social media. “I hope there’s a good bike lane wherever you are now – and if not, I know there soon will be!” assertive
2026-09-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald
How median strips became the latest battlefront in Melbourne’s NIMBY war
🔮 While Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly vowed to find some middle ground – no pun intended – that was not good enough for the state government. assertive
2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Hundreds march to parliament to honour alleged domestic violence victim
🔮 “Our family will spend the rest of our lives carrying the pain of knowing that someone we love so dearly is never coming home.” assertive
2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald
King Dobby ate a Croc and a bottle top – leaving his owners an impossible $6000 choice
🔮 The emergency surgery, necessary for the life-threatening blockage, was set to cost them almost $6000. assertive
2026-10-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The ‘generous’ words Helen Haines had for her rescuers
🔮 I couldn’t commend her more highly.” assertive
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