01 · Framing
Ecological / Economic
Ecological coverage focuses on biodiversity, ecosystems, species, habitats, climate or conservation outcomes. Economic coverage focuses on cost, jobs, business, industry, development, land use or economic consequences.
02 · Support
Evidence-led / Opinion-led
Evidence-led coverage draws on peer-reviewed research, scientific studies, official data, government or published reports, named experts and clearly attributable factual sources. Opinion-led coverage relies more heavily on commentary, interpretation, advocacy, political argument, unsupported assertions or editorial opinion.
03 · Agreement
Consensus / Contested
Consensus means the sources broadly agree on the central facts and interpretation. Contested means sources, experts or stakeholders meaningfully disagree about what happened, why it happened, its significance or what should happen next.
This is agreement across the coverage being analysed. It is not a measure of scientific consensus.
Our process
How we reach a result
- We gather substantial reporting and original source material about the same underlying event.
- We remove duplicates and sources that do not meaningfully cover the story.
- We assess each source for its dominant framing, attributable evidence and relationship to the other coverage.
- We calculate the percentage split for all three dimensions and update it when important new reporting changes the picture.
Reading the signals
A snapshot, not a score
Each percentage reflects the sources currently represented in a WILDNEWS story. A high evidence-led result means the available coverage relies strongly on attributable research, data or expertise. It does not guarantee that every claim is correct.
Likewise, a consensus result shows agreement between the sources we analysed. It does not establish scientific certainty, and a contested result does not mean both sides of a dispute are equally well supported.